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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. 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) Identity
(b) Self-importance
(c) Image
(d) Ego

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

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

4. What kind of myth is the story of the man who dreamed of killing his father and taking care of his mother?
(a) Oedipal
(b) Unrealistic
(c) Disturbed
(d) Narcissius

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the person associated with journeying to find the Golden Fleece?

3. "______ is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation."

4. Throughout all myths and stories of the world, there is a central _______.

5. Which god drove people mad if they gave him any trouble?

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