The Hero with a Thousand Faces Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Hero with a Thousand Faces Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Supernatural Aid," what does Campbell suggest these types of figures are....
(a) Male
(b) Invisible
(c) Female
(d) Deities

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

4. What kind of myth is the story of the man who dreamed of killing his father and taking care of his mother?
(a) Oedipal
(b) Narcissius
(c) Disturbed
(d) Unrealistic

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

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

7. Heroes in what tend to bring enlightenment to the community?
(a) Wars
(b) Fairy tales
(c) Scrolls
(d) Family stories

8. What do we have to be shown if the Hero's goal of inspiring humanity is to be met?
(a) Human success
(b) Frailty
(c) Mistakes
(d) The truth

9. Who was "swallowed" by the ocean after being dismembered by his evil brother?
(a) Hepuset
(b) Tutankamen
(c) Set
(d) Osiris

10. How might the Father figure be described?
(a) Without description
(b) All vengeful
(c) All loving
(d) Dual-natured

11. _________ thus asserts that all reality emerges from a transcendent, universal, sub-conscious and ultimately unknowable truth.
(a) Story
(b) Faith
(c) Mythology
(d) Belief

12. What is NOT a symbol of this central item, as referenced in #25 and #26?
(a) Whale
(b) Mountain
(c) Fountain
(d) Tree

13. "The adventure is always and everywhere a passage beyond the ____ of the known into the unknown."
(a) Understanding
(b) Veil
(c) Wall
(d) Knowing

14. Which hero was swallowed by a giant monster?
(a) Thomas Finbuckle
(b) Finn MacCool
(c) Roland McDougal
(d) Randy Finnish

15. 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) The Power of Myth
(c) Myth and Society
(d) Myth and Dreams

Short Answer Questions

1. What Oriental philosophy corresponds with the idea of duality?

2. What is the connection that is actually being sought?

3. Who is the androgynous figure Campbell reveals from Christianity?

4. Who has surpassing beauty or surpassing ugliness?

5. What does the Hero encounter if he does not do the bidding of the God or Goddess?

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