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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 4, Sections 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In spite of humanity's fondness for happy endings, [life] has only one ending - what is it?
(a) Nothingness
(b) Peace
(c) Death
(d) Sadness

2. The Hero encounters a series of ______ that must be overcome in order for his journey to continue.
(a) Mountains
(b) Riddles
(c) Challenges
(d) Tests

3. Which section deals with the theories about the importance and/or presence of myth in human culture, society, and individual experience?
(a) Myth and Society
(b) The Power of Myth
(c) The Monomyth
(d) Myth and Dreams

4. Intellect and language are too ________; symbols and myth are boundless in their capacity.
(a) Small
(b) Unlimited
(c) Large
(d) Limited

5. Campbell notes that many cultures have an explanation for the process of life/noise emerging from ________.
(a) Death
(b) Nothingness/silence
(c) Birth
(d) Ego/superego.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can not be directly compared to dream?

2. Comedy and tragedy are both aspects of the same experience of _______.

3. It can be dangerous to to interpret myths solely as _______ of historical events and circumstances.

4. Who has surpassing beauty or surpassing ugliness?

5. Whose withdrawal from the world and the violence of her brother came to an end as a result of a plea from both her fellow gods and from humanity?

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