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

2. By what are the Hero's first steps into the new world blocked?
(a) Spiritual doubt
(b) Obstacles
(c) A Guardian
(d) A wall

3. 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?
(a) Female accountant
(b) Male alcoholic
(c) Male philosopher
(d) Female musician

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

5. 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

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 was turned into a flower for refusing the advances of Apollo?

4. Who are blocked by sensual, sexual, and capricious female spirits?

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

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