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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 is the main archetypal character that Campbell reveals as being at the center of myths and stories?
(a) The God
(b) The Mover
(c) The Hero
(d) The Victor

2. "The adventure is always and everywhere a passage beyond the ____ of the known into the unknown."
(a) Wall
(b) Veil
(c) Understanding
(d) Knowing

3. What does the Hero have to conquer in order to gain knowledge?
(a) Dragons
(b) Evil
(c) His faith
(d) His family

4. Who agrees to come to the rescue of the princess?
(a) A prince
(b) A witch
(c) A wolf
(d) A frog

5. Which god drove people mad if they gave him any trouble?
(a) Pan
(b) Apollo
(c) Zeus
(d) Dionysius

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Many Hero characters discover new _________ inside that which swallowed them.

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

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

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