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

2. Many Hero characters discover new _________ inside that which swallowed them.
(a) Mysteries
(b) Physical worlds
(c) Gifts
(d) Spiritual texts

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

4. Swallowing, Campbell suggests, is a symbol of a kind of spiritual _______.
(a) Revelation
(b) Death
(c) Rebirth
(d) Understanding

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Campbell say the archetypal image of God might be?

3. ________ in the picture language of mythology represents the totality of what can be known.

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

5. Who is described as someone who is vengeful and patriarchal?

(see the answer key)

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