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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. What does Campbell say all cities build in order to represent the idea of this central area?
(a) A library
(b) A pyre
(c) A pit
(d) A religious temple

2. Which fairy tale does Campbell choose to use in the beginning of this section?
(a) Hansel and Gretel
(b) The Frog Prince
(c) Sleeping Beauty
(d) Three Little Pigs

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

4. What is often caused by an accident or a deliberate change in circumstances?
(a) The movement away from the norm
(b) The push to leave home
(c) The first obstacle
(d) The call to adventure

5. After the first threshold, what immediately happens to the Hero?
(a) He goes home.
(b) He is swallowed.
(c) He becomes reborn.
(d) He ends his journey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the princess initially playing with in the fairy tale?

3. What is ultimately glorious in life and in celebrations of love and beauty?

4. Which hero was swallowed by a giant monster?

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

(see the answer key)

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