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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many contemporary religions are __________ manifestations of the same central figure system.
(a) Religious
(b) Misguided
(c) Spirtual
(d) Incorrect

2. Who is the figure that returns with the Ten Commandments?
(a) Jesus
(b) Moses
(c) David
(d) Jacob

3. What does the Hero have to conquer in order to gain knowledge?
(a) Dragons
(b) Evil
(c) His family
(d) His faith

4. Which section deals with the theories about the importance and/or presence of myth in human culture, society, and individual experience?
(a) Myth and Dreams
(b) The Power of Myth
(c) The Monomyth
(d) Myth and Society

5. Throughout all myths and stories of the world, there is a central _______.
(a) Truth
(b) Idea
(c) Image
(d) Moral

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a narrative form anchored in the pain and fear of that ultimate truth of death?

2. What is the wild and careless, inexhaustible joy of life invincible?

3. What might the Hero be known as?

4. "A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of ___________..."

5. What is NOT a symbol of this central item, as referenced in #25 and #26?

(see the answer key)

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