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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 is the source of these inexhaustible energies?
(a) Earth
(b) Sub-conscious
(c) The Goddess
(d) The God

2. What is a celebration and manifestation of the joyous truth that exists alongside the pain of life?
(a) Prankster actions
(b) Laughter
(c) Comedy
(d) Blessing energy

3. Comedy and tragedy are both aspects of the same experience of _______.
(a) Living
(b) Understanding
(c) Movement
(d) Growth

4. What is this transcendent source worthy of, according to Campbell?
(a) Love
(b) Respect
(c) Study
(d) Worship

5. In spite of humanity's fondness for happy endings, [life] has only one ending - what is it?
(a) Sadness
(b) Peace
(c) Nothingness
(d) Death

Short Answer Questions

1. The perilous journey [of the hero] was a labor not of attainment, but of ___________."

2. What is NOT a symbol of this central item, as referenced in #25 and #26?

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

4. What is the center, a source from which all truth flows?

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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