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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. It can be dangerous to to interpret myths solely as _______ of historical events and circumstances.
(a) Truths
(b) Manifestations
(c) Reworkings
(d) Retellings

2. Who was trapped psychologically in fearful reaction to the world around him?
(a) Nike
(b) Apollo
(c) Minos
(d) Zeus

3. What is a narrative form anchored in the pain and fear of that ultimate truth of death?
(a) Happiness
(b) Frustration
(c) Joy
(d) Tragedy

4. What Oriental philosophy corresponds with the idea of duality?
(a) Black and White
(b) Wabi Sabi
(c) Yin and Yang
(d) Feng Shui

5. Swallowing, Campbell suggests, is a symbol of a kind of spiritual _______.
(a) Understanding
(b) Death
(c) Revelation
(d) Rebirth

Short Answer Questions

1. Many saints chose to _____ while in deep communion with God, as opposing to preaching and sharing his word.

2. The Hero's journey begins by "descending, either intentionally or unintentionally, into the crooked lanes of his own spiritual _________."

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

4. Many Hero characters discover new _________ inside that which swallowed them.

5. What does Campbell say all cities build in order to represent the idea of this central area?

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