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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Hero must accomplish the task of #77 or he will face ________.
(a) A bigger threat than the God
(b) Confusion
(c) Destruction
(d) Enlightenment too soon

2. Who is the main archetypal character that Campbell reveals as being at the center of myths and stories?
(a) The Mover
(b) The God
(c) The Hero
(d) The Victor

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

4. What kind of maiden exposes herself to danger in a quest for porcupine quills?
(a) Iroquois
(b) Navajo
(c) Sioux
(d) Arapaho

5. "______ is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation."
(a) Power
(b) Imagination
(c) Myth
(d) World navel

6. Who is the person/character/animal which announces the beginning of the journey?
(a) The soothsayer
(b) The raven
(c) The lark
(d) The herald

7. The title of this section is "__________ with the Father."
(a) Peace
(b) Communicating
(c) Atonement
(d) Relating

8. What might the Hero be known as?
(a) The weak child
(b) The classic protagonist
(c) The answer to the world's problems
(d) The ultimate archetype

9. _________ thus asserts that all reality emerges from a transcendent, universal, sub-conscious and ultimately unknowable truth.
(a) Story
(b) Belief
(c) Mythology
(d) Faith

10. Whose withdrawal from the world and the violence of her brother came to an end as a result of a plea from both her fellow gods and from humanity?
(a) Athena
(b) Artemis
(c) Hera
(d) Amaterasu

11. Whose attempt to rescue his sister from the underworld failed, causing him to be pursued by demons?
(a) Izanagi
(b) Rhi Bung
(c) Inyanta
(d) Sang Lu

12. The Hero encounters a series of ______ that must be overcome in order for his journey to continue.
(a) Riddles
(b) Challenges
(c) Tests
(d) Mountains

13. Swallowing is a kind of death of the overwhelming sense of _______ or self that must be sacrificed if true enlightenment is to be achieved.
(a) Ego
(b) Identity
(c) Image
(d) Self-importance

14. Who is the person associated with journeying to find the Golden Fleece?
(a) Jacob
(b) Thomas
(c) Jason
(d) Joseph

15. What is the ultimate example of #82?
(a) Moses' journey
(b) Confucius' writings
(c) Buddha's enlightenment
(d) Christ's acension

Short Answer Questions

1. What is often caused by an accident or a deliberate change in circumstances?

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

3. How might the Father figure be described?

4. By what are the Hero's first steps into the new world blocked?

5. Whose serenity, peace and transcendence does Campbell seem to say is ideal?

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