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

2. Who is the person/character/animal which announces the beginning of the journey?
(a) The raven
(b) The lark
(c) The soothsayer
(d) The herald

3. What does the Hero have to do when he returns from his journey?
(a) Pray
(b) Share his experience
(c) Nothing
(d) He doesn't return

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

5. What flows from this central area, as Campbell describes?
(a) Understanding
(b) Truth
(c) Peace
(d) Beauty

Short Answer Questions

1. Which section deals with the theories about the importance and/or presence of myth in human culture, society, and individual experience?

2. 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?

3. Who is the half human/half bull child of an enchanted queen?

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

5. Who was turned into a flower for refusing the advances of Apollo?

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