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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. "A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of ___________..."
(a) Supernatural wonder
(b) Painful suffering
(c) Ethereal madness
(d) Stark reality

2. Heroes in what tend to bring enlightenment to the community?
(a) Scrolls
(b) Fairy tales
(c) Wars
(d) Family stories

3. Which section deals with the theories about the importance and/or presence of myth in human culture, society, and individual experience?
(a) Myth and Dreams
(b) The Monomyth
(c) Myth and Society
(d) The Power of Myth

4. All things, moral and ________, beautiful and ________ emerge from this central area.
(a) Just, attractive
(b) Unjust, plain
(c) Right, positive
(d) Immoral, ugly

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapons impress the answer to #50 more than swords?

2. _________ thus asserts that all reality emerges from a transcendent, universal, sub-conscious and ultimately unknowable truth.

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

4. What kind of maiden exposes herself to danger in a quest for porcupine quills?

5. What is the third step in the typical Hero's journey?

(see the answer key)

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