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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 2, Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Campbell say all cities build in order to represent the idea of this central area?
(a) A pit
(b) A library
(c) A religious temple
(d) A pyre

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

3. What is the princess initially playing with in the fairy tale?
(a) A golden ball
(b) A frog
(c) Nothing.
(d) A golden hoop

4. 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) Self-importance
(c) Image
(d) Identity

5. Who is described as someone who is vengeful and patriarchal?
(a) Faith
(b) Preachers
(c) Man
(d) God

Short Answer Questions

1. The Hero is on a journey towards _____ with the source of all things.

2. Which hero was swallowed by a giant monster?

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?

4. Heroes in what tend to bring enlightenment to the community?

5. In spite of humanity's fondness for happy endings, [life] has only one ending - what is it?

(see the answer key)

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