The participation function of a mythology is
A.  the mystical function
B.  the opening of the mind and heart to the wonder of all being
C.  the awareness of the common ground of all being
D.  all of the above
Answer: D
According to Turner, the stages of the initiation ritual are
A.  no longer discernible to modern researchers and scholars
B.  two in number, liminal and conicular
C.  three in number, liminal, conicular, and consummation
D.  none of the above
Answer: B
In the Navajo tale of "Where the Two Came to Their Father," Changing Woman gives birth to two sons who represent two aspects of the hero. These are
A.  the "split image" of light and dark manifestations in the mother's parents
B.  the polarities associated with characteristics related to the sun and the moon
C.  outer strength and orientation contrasted with being inner directed and creative
D.  all of the above
Answer: D
In explaining the Bird Goddess, Gimbutas suggests that the hybridization of woman and bird shows
A.  the endowment of supernatural dignity
B.  the emergence of consciousness
C.  the confused state of artists of the Neolithic period
D.  the flightiness of all females, a true monomyth
Answer: B
This mother goddess devours the sun in the evening and gives it birth in the morning. The
mother of Osiris, her name is
A.  Nut 
B.  Seth
C.  Byblos
D.  the Nile
Answer: A
The Indo-European invaders of India, Greece, and Western Europe arose from a common
geographical location in what is now in
A.  northeast China 
B.  southeastern India
C.  southwestern Soviet Union
D.  northeastern Soviet Union
Answer: C
The Jaina theory holds that
A.  there is nothing in the universe
B.  the universe is composed of matter and soul
C.  the universe is composed entirely of matter
D.  the universe is composed entirely of spirit or soul
Answer: C