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

2. Whenever the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography...it is ________.
(a) Weakened
(b) Made powerful
(c) Killed
(d) Made more relevant

3. What is often caused by an accident or a deliberate change in circumstances?
(a) The call to adventure
(b) The first obstacle
(c) The push to leave home
(d) The movement away from the norm

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of baptism, at least on its surface?

2. Who is the transforming medium?

3. Which fairy tale does Campbell choose to use in the beginning of this section?

4. Many contemporary religions are __________ manifestations of the same central figure system.

5. What kind of element is the fire of the ritual in #125?

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