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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. What did Heracles kill from his crib?

2. How long did Jesus fast in the desert?

3. What did Campbell say mattered most of all in religious matters?

4. Whose life line is similar to Buddha's?

5. Who found Vyasa as a baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Campbell say Christians went about learning new things?

2. What did Campbell say was the first law of life?

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

4. How did Buddha die?

5. What have studies shown about teaching religion to children?

6. What is Kundalini?

7. Who did Campbell say Hell belonged to?

8. What did Campbell say a lot of history was created by?

9. What did Jung call the most significant religious document, and why?

10. Why did Campbell say humans began creating myths?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What significance did Campbell put on the Biblical story of Moses, and how does this differ from most Christians' view about it?

Essay Topic 3

What was Kundalini, and what affect did this power have on the religious culture?

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