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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 2, Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the goddess from the Hindu goddess-virgin story?
(a) Parvati
(b) Prekesh
(c) Paramona
(d) Privita

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

3. Swallowing, Campbell suggests, is a symbol of a kind of spiritual _______.
(a) Understanding
(b) Rebirth
(c) Death
(d) Revelation

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In many Hero stories, the Hero decides __________ after his journey.

2. When the Hero has done what the God or Goddess has asked, what does he receive in return?

3. What was the origin of the story about the warrior who achieved enlightenment, returned to the world, saw that humans weren't ready for what he had to teach, and then withdrew into the spiritual world?

4. By what are the Hero's first steps into the new world blocked?

5. Swallowing is a kind of death of the overwhelming sense of _______ or self that must be sacrificed if true enlightenment is to be achieved.

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