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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 2, Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Throughout all myths and stories of the world, there is a central _______.
(a) Moral
(b) Image
(c) Idea
(d) Truth

2. What is the spiritual city, and thus center for those who practice the Muslim faith?
(a) Babylon
(b) Their city of birth
(c) Mecca
(d) The city of their mosque

3. How might the Father figure be described?
(a) Without description
(b) All vengeful
(c) All loving
(d) Dual-natured

4. In "Supernatural Aid," what does Campbell suggest these types of figures are....
(a) Invisible
(b) Female
(c) Male
(d) Deities

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a narrative form anchored in the pain and fear of that ultimate truth of death?

2. Swallowing is a kind of death of the overwhelming sense of _______ or self that must be sacrificed if true enlightenment is to be achieved.

3. What does the Hero have to do when he returns from his journey?

4. "______ is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation."

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

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