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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapons impress the answer to #50 more than swords?
(a) Complete subservience
(b) Groveling
(c) Determination and persistance
(d) Gifts

2. Who has surpassing beauty or surpassing ugliness?
(a) The Aid
(b) The Guardian
(c) The Goddess
(d) The Hero

3. What is the third step in the typical Hero's journey?
(a) The return home
(b) The call to action
(c) The setting of the accident
(d) The appearance of a guide

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Many saints chose to _____ while in deep communion with God, as opposing to preaching and sharing his word.

2. Who is the half human/half bull child of an enchanted queen?

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

4. The first section of this chapter is "The Crossing of the _________ Threshold."

5. "______ is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation."

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the story Campbell uses to show the reader the beginning of the Hero's journey.

2. What does Campbell offer as the ultimate example of unification with the source of all things in order to become like the Father?

3. List three examples that Campbell uses to show the Hero's journey.

4. What is the idea of the "Supernatural Aid"?

5. Describe the idea of "The Crossing of the First Threshold."

6. By what are the Hero's first steps blocked?

7. What occurs as a result of the encounter with the Father?

8. What example does Campbell use to show the fact that dreams of contemporary individuals seem to play out stories from classical myths?

9. What is the main idea of the "Tragedy and Comedy" section?

10. What is the main content of the section, "The Hero and the God"?

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