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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. Many Hero characters discover new _________ inside that which swallowed them.
(a) Spiritual texts
(b) Gifts
(c) Mysteries
(d) Physical worlds

2. Many contemporary religions are __________ manifestations of the same central figure system.
(a) Incorrect
(b) Religious
(c) Misguided
(d) Spirtual

3. What is the term for experiences, ideas, or beliefs that differ in species from individual to individual and culture to culture, but which in their broadest outlines manifest basic human truths?
(a) Dreams
(b) Inexhaustible energies
(c) Archetypes
(d) Journeys

4. What is a celebration and manifestation of the joyous truth that exists alongside the pain of life?
(a) Prankster actions
(b) Comedy
(c) Blessing energy
(d) Laughter

5. In "Supernatural Aid," what does Campbell suggest these types of figures are....
(a) Female
(b) Invisible
(c) Deities
(d) Male

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Swallowing is a kind of death of the overwhelming sense of _______ or self that must be sacrificed if true enlightenment is to be achieved.

3. Heroes in what tend to bring enlightenment to the community?

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

5. Throughout all myths and stories of the world, there is a central _______.

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