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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 3, Sections 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Many saints chose to _____ while in deep communion with God, as opposing to preaching and sharing his word.
(a) Leave their homes
(b) Die
(c) Sleep
(d) Hide away

3. What weapons impress the answer to #50 more than swords?
(a) Determination and persistance
(b) Complete subservience
(c) Gifts
(d) Groveling

4. About Mary: "....her womb, remaining fallow as the primordial abyss, summons to itself...the original power that fertilized the _______."
(a) Human race
(b) Space
(c) World
(d) Void

5. The spouse of the mother universe is the ____________.
(a) Hero
(b) The seeker of myths
(c) The writer of stories
(d) Invisible unknown.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is often caused by an accident or a deliberate change in circumstances?

3. Whose example of centuries long sleep does Campbell use?

4. By what are the Hero's first steps into the new world blocked?

5. What does Campbell say are used to signify and to assist in the breaking of the attachment to one's parent?

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