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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first section of this chapter is "The Crossing of the _________ Threshold."
(a) Meaningless
(b) Only
(c) Most Important
(d) First

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

3. What does Campbell say all cities build in order to represent the idea of this central area?
(a) A pit
(b) A religious temple
(c) A library
(d) A pyre

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

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

6. The Hero is faced with the responsibility of returning what he has gained and __________ it with the world.
(a) Living
(b) Creating
(c) Sharing
(d) Experiencing

7. What does the Hero encounter if he does not do the bidding of the God or Goddess?
(a) More obstacles
(b) Respect
(c) Reward
(d) Mythical creatures

8. Who was "swallowed" by the ocean after being dismembered by his evil brother?
(a) Set
(b) Tutankamen
(c) Osiris
(d) Hepuset

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

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

11. What tends to happen when the Hero initially refuses the call?
(a) They never do
(b) They are lost forever
(c) Imprisonment
(d) Nothing

12. Which hero was swallowed by a giant monster?
(a) Roland McDougal
(b) Thomas Finbuckle
(c) Finn MacCool
(d) Randy Finnish

13. Many contemporary religions are __________ manifestations of the same central figure system.
(a) Religious
(b) Spirtual
(c) Incorrect
(d) Misguided

14. Whose womb nourishes life?
(a) Wankentanka
(b) The Virgin Mary
(c) Goddess-Mother
(d) Tacheles

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Within the case studies, Campbell introduces in this section, the ________ is challenged, must struggle, and must survive.

2. The perilous journey [of the hero] was a labor not of attainment, but of ___________."

3. What does Campbell say the archetypal image of God might be?

4. Who agrees to come to the rescue of the princess?

5. Who saw the Goddess Artemis nude and was unrepentant?

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