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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country held some agricultural mythology?

2. What was Mithra born from?

3. How did Campbell respond in question and answer situations?

4. Who taught of a God of Light?

5. What did Thomas Merton study?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Campbell say Hell belonged to?

2. What significance did the Tower of Babel have on history?

3. How was Buddha able to cross the river, and what happened afterward?

4. What did Campbell think the Space Age did to religious ideals?

5. What was important about Chartres?

6. How did Buddha die?

7. How did a Jewish philosopher say a man might get to know God?

8. Why did Campbell say humans began creating myths?

9. Who did the Mayans worship with a cross?

10. What did Campbell say about spiritually enlightened people in history?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is literalism, and how did this concept affect the progression of religious ideas?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the most important facets of the Jewish culture, and why did Campbell think this culture was so important in history?

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the different reasons given for the death of Christ, and how did these affect Campbell's ideas about Christianity?

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