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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 is the experience of the outer world in relation to the psychological interpretation of the answer to #140?
(a) Sleep
(b) Interactive reasoning
(c) Waking experience
(d) Conscious dreaming

2. What is Campbell really saying is endless in terms of its process?
(a) Heroism
(b) Learning
(c) Life
(d) Experience with spirit

3. Symbols are only the ________ of communication.
(a) Words
(b) Signposts
(c) Vehicles
(d) Images

4. The Hero is free to live because he has lived true _________.
(a) Understanding
(b) Peace
(c) Meaning
(d) Freedom

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Death can be just as dangerous as the journey into _________.

2. Who is the goddess from the Hindu goddess-virgin story?

3. What is the purpose of baptism, at least on its surface?

4. 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.

5. What does Campbell quote at length in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize "Within Space - Life."

2. Campbell goes into detail about the relationship between what two things?

3. Summarize "The Matrix of Destiny."

4. Summarize "The Crossing of the Return Threshold."

5. What are some of the symbols Campbell points out in the Christian sacrament of baptism?

6. What does the "Shape-shifter" point out?

7. What occurs in "The Master of the Two Worlds"?

8. Over time, what has happened to core myths, according to Campbell?

9. Where is the place of the Hero's birth?

10. What is death portrayed as, according to Campbell?

(see the answer keys)

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