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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose temptation and transcendence does Campbell discuss in this section?
(a) Common man
(b) David
(c) Buddha
(d) Jesus

2. Heroes in what tend to bring enlightenment to the community?
(a) Wars
(b) Family stories
(c) Fairy tales
(d) Scrolls

3. What does the Hero have to conquer in order to gain knowledge?
(a) Dragons
(b) Evil
(c) His faith
(d) His family

4. "No longer can the Hero rest in _______ with the Goddess....for she has become the queen of sin."
(a) Innocence
(b) Safety
(c) Calm
(d) Peace

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

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

7. Many saints chose to _____ while in deep communion with God, as opposing to preaching and sharing his word.
(a) Leave their homes
(b) Hide away
(c) Sleep
(d) Die

8. Who gently kissed an old crone and was rewarded for his efforts?
(a) Eonid
(b) Eochaid
(c) Tremulus
(d) Rodina

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

10. What is the princess initially playing with in the fairy tale?
(a) A golden ball
(b) Nothing.
(c) A golden hoop
(d) A frog

11. Which section deals with the theories about the importance and/or presence of myth in human culture, society, and individual experience?
(a) The Monomyth
(b) The Power of Myth
(c) Myth and Society
(d) Myth and Dreams

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

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

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

15. In the section, "Rescue from _________," the Hero is unable or unwilling to leave the place to which he's journeyed.
(a) Without
(b) Within
(c) Peril
(d) Trouble

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. Who is described as someone who is vengeful and patriarchal?

5. Who was turned into a flower for refusing the advances of Apollo?

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