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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the person/character/animal which announces the beginning of the journey?
(a) The raven
(b) The lark
(c) The herald
(d) The soothsayer

3. The first section of this chapter is "The Crossing of the _________ Threshold."
(a) Most Important
(b) Meaningless
(c) First
(d) Only

4. Swallowing is a kind of death of the overwhelming sense of _______ or self that must be sacrificed if true enlightenment is to be achieved.
(a) Image
(b) Identity
(c) Self-importance
(d) Ego

5. Who has surpassing beauty or surpassing ugliness?
(a) The Guardian
(b) The Hero
(c) The Goddess
(d) The Aid

6. Whose attempt to rescue his sister from the underworld failed, causing him to be pursued by demons?
(a) Rhi Bung
(b) Sang Lu
(c) Inyanta
(d) Izanagi

7. What kind of maiden exposes herself to danger in a quest for porcupine quills?
(a) Arapaho
(b) Iroquois
(c) Navajo
(d) Sioux

8. Whose womb nourishes life?
(a) The Virgin Mary
(b) Goddess-Mother
(c) Wankentanka
(d) Tacheles

9. What is the center, a source from which all truth flows?
(a) World navel
(b) The universe
(c) The void
(d) The blackness

10. The archetypal truths found in the Hero's journey can inform and enlighten life, leading to understanding, that then might aid in leading to psycho-spiritual _________.
(a) Nirvana
(b) Selflessness
(c) Enlightenment
(d) Truth

11. Who is described as someone who is vengeful and patriarchal?
(a) Man
(b) Preachers
(c) God
(d) Faith

12. Many contemporary religions are __________ manifestations of the same central figure system.
(a) Misguided
(b) Incorrect
(c) Religious
(d) Spirtual

13. What is the ultimate boon for the Hero?
(a) The perilous journey
(b) Connection with the eternal
(c) Knowledge of all things
(d) The struggle of internal thought

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

15. Who is often portrayed as being one with his spouse, Shakti?
(a) Shiva
(b) Shina
(c) Shinta
(d) Shakra

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of myth is the story of the man who dreamed of killing his father and taking care of his mother?

2. What is NOT a symbol of this central item, as referenced in #25 and #26?

3. What is the ultimate example of #82?

4. What is the wild and careless, inexhaustible joy of life invincible?

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

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