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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man-hero's third task is to _________ the destined power of his spirit.

2. What is the simple answer to why the Hero would want to return to a world after his journey?

3. What is the term for one emergence, one living, and one return?

4. Death can be just as dangerous as the journey into _________.

5. Campbell suggests that humanity has become too ___________ and too individualistic to have room for that which transcends that physical world.

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the freedom won from the malice of the monster symbolized as?

2. Campbell goes into detail about the relationship between what two things?

3. What is the end of the life in the universe portrayed as in this section?

4. Summarize "Within Space - Life."

5. Summarize "The Virgin Birth - Mother Universe."

6. Summarize "Out of the Void - Space."

7. What occurs in "The Master of the Two Worlds"?

8. Describe the content of "Childhood of the Human Hero."

9. Summarize "Transformations of the Hero" and "The Primordial Hero and the Human."

10. What is the "universal round"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The journey of the hero is the way Campbell shows the reader how myths can be linked to each other in their content and structure.

Part 1: Name and describe the first stage of the Hero's journey.

Part 2: What is the significance of this stage?

Part 3: What are some examples of myths that describe this starting point?

Essay Topic 2

In the end, the Hero needs to share what he has learned and what he has gained.

Part 1: Why does the Hero need to share what he has learned or gained from his journey?

Part 2: With whom does the Hero have to share this newfound wisdom?

Part 3: Why is this an important part of the journey of the Hero?

Essay Topic 3

The idea of an innermost cave creates the first victory for the Hero in their journey.

Part 1: Describe the idea of the innermost cave.

Part 2: What is the importance of the innermost cave for the Hero's journey.

Part 3: Cite at least two examples of innermost caves that a Hero has encountered in myth or in stories.

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