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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. The Native American priest calls this central area the absolute ________ of the land beneath the sky.
(a) Equality
(b) Balance
(c) Center
(d) Middle

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

3. After the first threshold, what immediately happens to the Hero?
(a) He becomes reborn.
(b) He goes home.
(c) He ends his journey.
(d) He is swallowed.

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

5. Who was turned into a flower for refusing the advances of Apollo?
(a) Diana
(b) Daphne
(c) Hera
(d) Aphrodite

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What tends to happen when the Hero initially refuses the call?

3. What does Campbell say all cities build in order to represent the idea of this central area?

4. "A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of ___________..."

5. 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?

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