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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Death can be just as dangerous as the journey into _________.
(a) Peace
(b) Spirit
(c) Life
(d) Truth

3. The process through which humanity emerges and returns to that from which it emerged is called the ______ cycle.
(a) Cosmogonic
(b) Cosmosis
(c) Duality
(d) Creation

4. The man-hero's third task is to _________ the destined power of his spirit.
(a) Believe in
(b) Ask for
(c) Manifest
(d) Read about

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

6. When myths are reinterpreted from older times to modern times, the link between the perspectives is ___________.
(a) Made clear
(b) Dissolved
(c) Strengthened
(d) Unaffected

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

8. What does Campbell attempt to show relates within mythology?
(a) Art
(b) Psychology
(c) Academia
(d) Religion

9. The man-hero needs to go on a quest for the identity of his __________.
(a) Faith
(b) Mother
(c) Family
(d) Father

10. Myths have a direct relationship with the __________ experience of humanity.
(a) Solitary
(b) Literal
(c) Spiritual
(d) Universal

11. About Mary: "....her womb, remaining fallow as the primordial abyss, summons to itself...the original power that fertilized the _______."
(a) Void
(b) Space
(c) World
(d) Human race

12. Whose example of centuries long sleep does Campbell use?
(a) Rapunzel
(b) Snow White
(c) Sleeping Beauty
(d) Rip Van Winkle

13. What does Campbell quote at length in this section?
(a) Kretilan verse
(b) Kata Vata
(c) Scandanavian bedtime stories
(d) Kalevala

14. Campbell believes that Christianity has turned the stories of the Bible from symbolic meanings to shallow _______.
(a) Fundamentalism
(b) Creationism
(c) Literalism
(d) Modernism

15. The Hero has two problems when he returns. One problem is that he needs to present what he has learned to those who ___________ his message.
(a) Don't care about
(b) Don't understand
(c) Don't want to hear
(d) Don't believe

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what age was the destiny of the Celtic warrior hero manifested?

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

4. The man-hero must break the tyrant's control and relate his spiritual ________.

5. What kind of element is the water of the ritual in #125?

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