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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are blocked by sensual, sexual, and capricious female spirits?
(a) Greek gods
(b) Russian peasantry
(c) African Hottentots
(d) Roman emperors

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

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

4. What is the wild and careless, inexhaustible joy of life invincible?
(a) Comedy
(b) Lust
(c) Joy
(d) Rapture

5. 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) Selflessness
(b) Enlightenment
(c) Nirvana
(d) Truth

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

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

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

9. What is the connection that is actually being sought?
(a) Beauty within self and life
(b) Love
(c) Spiritual transcendence
(d) Wealth

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

11. What might the Hero be known as?
(a) The weak child
(b) The ultimate archetype
(c) The classic protagonist
(d) The answer to the world's problems

12. What is this transcendent source worthy of, according to Campbell?
(a) Worship
(b) Respect
(c) Study
(d) Love

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

14. In the section, "Rescue from _________," the Hero is unable or unwilling to leave the place to which he's journeyed.
(a) Within
(b) Without
(c) Peril
(d) Trouble

15. The encounter with the Father is a symbol of ________.
(a) Movement
(b) Ritual
(c) Initiation
(d) Growth

Short Answer Questions

1. If a Hero is a young woman, the young woman's love and transcendent ____ brings about transformation.

2. Who saw the Goddess Artemis nude and was unrepentant?

3. What do we have to be shown if the Hero's goal of inspiring humanity is to be met?

4. What has summoned the Hero and transferred his spiritual center of gravity from within the pale of his society to a zone unknown?

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

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