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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 joins at this central area as described in #28?
(a) Four directions
(b) Every animal
(c) All the colors of the wind
(d) Four winds

2. What is a narrative form anchored in the pain and fear of that ultimate truth of death?
(a) Joy
(b) Frustration
(c) Happiness
(d) Tragedy

3. Who is the person associated with journeying to find the Golden Fleece?
(a) Joseph
(b) Jason
(c) Jacob
(d) Thomas

4. Which god drove people mad if they gave him any trouble?
(a) Pan
(b) Apollo
(c) Zeus
(d) Dionysius

5. What is this transcendent source worthy of, according to Campbell?
(a) Respect
(b) Worship
(c) Love
(d) Study

Short Answer Questions

1. The Native American priest calls this central area the absolute ________ of the land beneath the sky.

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

3. In spite of humanity's fondness for happy endings, [life] has only one ending - what is it?

4. What kind of myth is the story of the man who dreamed of killing his father and taking care of his mother?

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

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