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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 1, Sections 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what are the Hero's first steps into the new world blocked?
(a) A Guardian
(b) Obstacles
(c) A wall
(d) Spiritual doubt

2. What flows from this central area, as Campbell describes?
(a) Peace
(b) Truth
(c) Beauty
(d) Understanding

3. Who are blocked by sensual, sexual, and capricious female spirits?
(a) Greek gods
(b) African Hottentots
(c) Russian peasantry
(d) Roman emperors

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

5. Which fairy tale does Campbell choose to use in the beginning of this section?
(a) Hansel and Gretel
(b) Three Little Pigs
(c) Sleeping Beauty
(d) The Frog Prince

Short Answer Questions

1. Swallowing, Campbell suggests, is a symbol of a kind of spiritual _______.

2. All things, moral and ________, beautiful and ________ emerge from this central area.

3. Whose temptation and transcendence does Campbell discuss in this section?

4. Who was trapped psychologically in fearful reaction to the world around him?

5. What is this transcendent source worthy of, according to Campbell?

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