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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "______ is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation."
(a) Myth
(b) Imagination
(c) World navel
(d) Power

2. When myths are reinterpreted from older times to modern times, the link between the perspectives is ___________.
(a) Dissolved
(b) Made clear
(c) Unaffected
(d) Strengthened

3. The quest for the ultimate boon manifests in archetypes because humanity craves ______.
(a) Truth
(b) Meaning
(c) Re-connection
(d) Answers

4. In the section, "Rescue from _________," the Hero is unable or unwilling to leave the place to which he's journeyed.
(a) Within
(b) Without
(c) Trouble
(d) Peril

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are supposed to be following a world "redeemer" and are better known to history for their colonial barbarity?

2. Whose womb nourishes life?

3. Who is often portrayed as being one with his spouse, Shakti?

4. What is the source of these inexhaustible energies?

5. Swallowing, Campbell suggests, is a symbol of a kind of spiritual _______.

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