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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 2, Sections 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Heroes in what tend to bring enlightenment to the community?
(a) Wars
(b) Fairy tales
(c) Scrolls
(d) Family stories

3. The perilous journey [of the hero] was a labor not of attainment, but of ___________."
(a) Stealing
(b) Remembering
(c) Re-attainment
(d) Fighting

4. Whose serenity, peace and transcendence does Campbell seem to say is ideal?
(a) Mary
(b) Buddha
(c) Christ
(d) Boddhissatva

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Native American priest calls this central area the absolute ________ of the land beneath the sky.

2. All things, moral and ________, beautiful and ________ emerge from this central area.

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

4. The Hero encounters a series of ______ that must be overcome in order for his journey to continue.

5. What flows from this central area, as Campbell describes?

(see the answer key)

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