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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. In spite of humanity's fondness for happy endings, [life] has only one ending - what is it?
(a) Sadness
(b) Nothingness
(c) Death
(d) Peace

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

3. Who was "swallowed" by the ocean after being dismembered by his evil brother?
(a) Tutankamen
(b) Osiris
(c) Hepuset
(d) Set

4. What might the Hero be known as?
(a) The answer to the world's problems
(b) The ultimate archetype
(c) The weak child
(d) The classic protagonist

5. What is NOT a symbol of this central item, as referenced in #25 and #26?
(a) Whale
(b) Tree
(c) Fountain
(d) Mountain

Short Answer Questions

1. "The adventure is always and everywhere a passage beyond the ____ of the known into the unknown."

2. What is the center, a source from which all truth flows?

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

4. Who agrees to come to the rescue of the princess?

5. Comedy and tragedy are both aspects of the same experience of _______.

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