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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. Which fairy tale does Campbell choose to use in the beginning of this section?
(a) The Frog Prince
(b) Sleeping Beauty
(c) Hansel and Gretel
(d) Three Little Pigs

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.
(a) Identity
(b) Self-importance
(c) Ego
(d) Image

3. Swallowing, Campbell suggests, is a symbol of a kind of spiritual _______.
(a) Death
(b) Understanding
(c) Revelation
(d) Rebirth

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

5. What is the center, a source from which all truth flows?
(a) The void
(b) World navel
(c) The universe
(d) The blackness

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. All things, moral and ________, beautiful and ________ emerge from this central area.

4. 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?

5. What is ultimately glorious in life and in celebrations of love and beauty?

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