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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Campbell say the archetypal image of God might be?
(a) The dark mystery
(b) The teacher
(c) The frog prince
(d) The ogre father

2. If a Hero is a young woman, the young woman's love and transcendent ____ brings about transformation.
(a) Faith
(b) Wisdom
(c) Understanding
(d) Truth

3. Who is both of the world and of the spirit, both male and female?
(a) Buddha
(b) Jesus
(c) Boddhisattva
(d) Apollo

4. Who agrees to come to the rescue of the princess?
(a) A frog
(b) A prince
(c) A witch
(d) A wolf

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

6. What is NOT a symbol of this central item, as referenced in #25 and #26?
(a) Whale
(b) Mountain
(c) Tree
(d) Fountain

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

8. 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) Hera
(b) Artemis
(c) Amaterasu
(d) Athena

9. What do we have to be shown if the Hero's goal of inspiring humanity is to be met?
(a) Mistakes
(b) Human success
(c) The truth
(d) Frailty

10. Which god drove people mad if they gave him any trouble?
(a) Pan
(b) Dionysius
(c) Apollo
(d) Zeus

11. Who was trapped psychologically in fearful reaction to the world around him?
(a) Minos
(b) Apollo
(c) Nike
(d) Zeus

12. What is the connection that is actually being sought?
(a) Spiritual transcendence
(b) Beauty within self and life
(c) Wealth
(d) Love

13. When the Hero has done what the God or Goddess has asked, what does he receive in return?
(a) All knowledge in the world
(b) Wealth
(c) Punishment
(d) Protection and support

14. Many Hero characters discover new _________ inside that which swallowed them.
(a) Spiritual texts
(b) Mysteries
(c) Physical worlds
(d) Gifts

15. Who was in love with Jason and thus helped him in his quest?
(a) Methusa
(b) Hera
(c) Medea
(d) Trinia

Short Answer Questions

1. Which fairy tale does Campbell choose to use in the beginning of this section?

2. Who are blocked by sensual, sexual, and capricious female spirits?

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

4. Who is the figure that returns with the Ten Commandments?

5. What weapons impress the answer to #50 more than swords?

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