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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Hero have to conquer in order to gain knowledge?
(a) His faith
(b) Evil
(c) His family
(d) Dragons

2. What is a narrative form anchored in the pain and fear of that ultimate truth of death?
(a) Tragedy
(b) Joy
(c) Frustration
(d) Happiness

3. What does Campbell say all cities build in order to represent the idea of this central area?
(a) A pyre
(b) A pit
(c) A religious temple
(d) A library

4. Who is the half human/half bull child of an enchanted queen?
(a) Greek slave
(b) Babylonian prince
(c) Cretan minotaur
(d) Roman peasant

5. What is the center, a source from which all truth flows?
(a) The blackness
(b) The void
(c) The universe
(d) World navel

Short Answer Questions

1. What might the Hero be known as?

2. What does Campbell say are used to signify and to assist in the breaking of the attachment to one's parent?

3. Who is the main archetypal character that Campbell reveals as being at the center of myths and stories?

4. In spite of humanity's fondness for happy endings, [life] has only one ending - what is it?

5. Who is the central figure in the second example offered by Campbell, in relation to this person encountering a series of obstacles and is aided by a wise old man along the way?

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