The Hero with a Thousand Faces Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Hero with a Thousand Faces Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. If a Hero is a young woman, the young woman's love and transcendent ____ brings about transformation.
(a) Truth
(b) Wisdom
(c) Faith
(d) Understanding

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

3. Who is the central figure in the second example offered by Campbell, in relation to this person encountering a series of obstacles and is aided by a wise old man along the way?
(a) Male philosopher
(b) Female accountant
(c) Male alcoholic
(d) Female musician

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

5. To what do the nurturing and life giving aspects of the Ogre Father and Goddess Mother archetypes correspond?
(a) Ego
(b) Freudian pathos
(c) Freudian eros
(d) Superego

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose womb nourishes life?

2. Who is described as someone who is vengeful and patriarchal?

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

4. Who agrees to come to the rescue of the princess?

5. Who was trapped psychologically in fearful reaction to the world around him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What example does Campbell use to show the fact that dreams of contemporary individuals seem to play out stories from classical myths?

2. What is the main content of the section, "The Hero and the God"?

3. Describe the content of "The Monomyth" - what does this section talk about and what does the reader learn?

4. Why does the Hero have to go through many trials?

5. Describe the idea of "Refusal of the Call."

6. What are some of the psychological weapons a Hero might use to get back the obstacle that lies in his path at the start?

7. By what are the Hero's first steps blocked?

8. What occurs as a result of the encounter with the Father?

9. Summarize the content of "The Magic Flight."

10. What is the idea of the "Supernatural Aid"?

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