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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over time, the ______ myths have evolved to incorporate symbols and meanings more relevant to those who hear them.
(a) Worthwhile
(b) Relevant
(c) Popular
(d) Core

2. The man-hero's third task is to _________ the destined power of his spirit.
(a) Ask for
(b) Believe in
(c) Read about
(d) Manifest

3. On which ritual from Christianity does Campbell focus his efforts?
(a) Baptism
(b) Eucharist
(c) Confirmation
(d) Reconciliation

4. The future of each life is contained in the various manifestations of the _____________.
(a) Stories
(b) Universal goddess
(c) Heroes
(d) Myths

5. There is ___________ for the interpretation of myths.
(a) No final system
(b) Many a process
(c) One proper system
(d) No good method

6. The Hero has two problems when he returns. One problem is that he needs to present what he has learned to those who ___________ his message.
(a) Don't believe
(b) Don't care about
(c) Don't understand
(d) Don't want to hear

7. In reference to the Hero, Campbell writes, "...the Law lives in him with his unreserved __________."
(a) Truth
(b) Consent
(c) Balance
(d) Peace

8. About Mary: "....her womb, remaining fallow as the primordial abyss, summons to itself...the original power that fertilized the _______."
(a) Human race
(b) Space
(c) World
(d) Void

9. The world ________ is also _______.
(a) Beneath, above
(b) Without, within
(c) Above, below
(d) Around, above

10. When myths are reinterpreted from older times to modern times, the link between the perspectives is ___________.
(a) Unaffected
(b) Strengthened
(c) Dissolved
(d) Made clear

11. The place of the Hero's ____....is the mid-point or navel of the world.
(a) Birth
(b) Faith
(c) Beginning
(d) Death

12. The end of the life of the _______ is portrayed as a return to the state in which life and consciousness came into being.
(a) Mother
(b) God
(c) Universe
(d) Goddess

13. What can not be directly compared to dream?
(a) Spiritual texts
(b) Faiths
(c) Stories
(d) Myths

14. What does this section "The Keys" summarize?
(a) The Hero's Journey
(b) Campbell's faith
(c) Christianity's flaws
(d) The downfall of religions

15. Before emergence, spirit was all _______.
(a) One
(b) Beauty
(c) An illusion
(d) The same

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was conceived under supernatural circumstances but ruled with a strong connection to the real world?

2. "The aim is not to _______, but to realize that one is, that essence."

3. When a civilization begins to reinterpret its mythology...the ________ goes out of it.

4. It can be dangerous to to interpret myths solely as _______ of historical events and circumstances.

5. Who is the transforming medium?

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