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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The aim is not to _______, but to realize that one is, that essence."
(a) Believe
(b) Give up
(c) Understand
(d) See

2. Where are the Maori from?
(a) New Guinea
(b) Australia
(c) New Zealand
(d) Hawaii

3. Who was conceived under supernatural circumstances but ruled with a strong connection to the real world?
(a) A Japanese princess
(b) An ancient Chinese emperor
(c) Buddha
(d) Privati

4. The Hero is free to live because he has lived true _________.
(a) Freedom
(b) Meaning
(c) Peace
(d) Understanding

5. What is the example of the literal/physical ascent into Heaven?
(a) Christ's crucifixion
(b) Christ's death
(c) Christ's prayer
(d) Christ's transfiguration

6. What does this section "The Keys" summarize?
(a) The Hero's Journey
(b) Christianity's flaws
(c) Campbell's faith
(d) The downfall of religions

7. What is the experience of the outer world in relation to the psychological interpretation of the answer to #140?
(a) Conscious dreaming
(b) Sleep
(c) Interactive reasoning
(d) Waking experience

8. When does the human being in question become at one with the source of human energy during this pattern of #140?
(a) Birth
(b) Marriage
(c) Death
(d) Deep sleep/dreamless experience

9. Symbols are only the ________ of communication.
(a) Words
(b) Signposts
(c) Images
(d) Vehicles

10. What is the simple answer to why the Hero would want to return to a world after his journey?
(a) It's part of the book.
(b) It's necessary.
(c) There is no simple answer.
(d) It's impossible to avoid.

11. The spouse of the mother universe is the ____________.
(a) The writer of stories
(b) Invisible unknown.
(c) The seeker of myths
(d) Hero

12. What includes specific references, that Campbell quotes, to the human body becoming one with the parts of the gods?
(a) Book of the Dead
(b) Koran
(c) Bible
(d) Torah

13. On which ritual from Christianity does Campbell focus his efforts?
(a) Confirmation
(b) Eucharist
(c) Baptism
(d) Reconciliation

14. What is Campbell really saying is endless in terms of its process?
(a) Experience with spirit
(b) Life
(c) Learning
(d) Heroism

15. At what age was the destiny of the Celtic warrior hero manifested?
(a) 4 years old
(b) 18 years old
(c) 5 years old
(d) 1 year old

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose example of centuries long sleep does Campbell use?

2. Since _____ can be dangerous, Campbell suggests this is why it is marked by detailed, mythically grounded prayer.

3. What does Campbell say this ritual in #125 really is a ritual of?

4. About Mary: "....her womb, remaining fallow as the primordial abyss, summons to itself...the original power that fertilized the _______."

5. Who journeyed to the land of timelessness, learned much and came back on the back of a mystical horse?

(see the answer keys)

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