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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who agrees to come to the rescue of the princess?
(a) A frog
(b) A wolf
(c) A prince
(d) A witch

2. Heroes in what tend to bring enlightenment to the community?
(a) Family stories
(b) Fairy tales
(c) Wars
(d) Scrolls

3. In spite of humanity's fondness for happy endings, [life] has only one ending - what is it?
(a) Nothingness
(b) Peace
(c) Sadness
(d) Death

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

5. What kind of myth is the story of the man who dreamed of killing his father and taking care of his mother?
(a) Narcissius
(b) Oedipal
(c) Unrealistic
(d) Disturbed

Short Answer Questions

1. Many contemporary religions are __________ manifestations of the same central figure system.

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

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

4. Who is the main archetypal character that Campbell reveals as being at the center of myths and stories?

5. Which fairy tale does Campbell choose to use in the beginning of this section?

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