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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The first task of the man-hero is to break down the ____________ to union with God.
(a) Physical barriers
(b) Familial discontent
(c) Stereotypical obstacles
(d) Emotional barriers

3. Campbell suggests that humanity has become too ___________ and too individualistic to have room for that which transcends that physical world.
(a) Shallow
(b) Quiet
(c) Materialistic
(d) Isolated

4. What is the first effect of the cosmogonic emanations of universal power?
(a) Quiet
(b) Vibrating noises
(c) Framing of the world stage of space
(d) Energy buildup

5. What does Campbell say this ritual in #125 really is a ritual of?
(a) Marriage
(b) Baptism
(c) Faith
(d) Pain

6. The second task of the man-hero is to transcend the _________ spiritually.
(a) Challenge
(b) Self
(c) Obstacle
(d) Upset

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

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

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

10. 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 understand
(b) Don't want to hear
(c) Don't believe
(d) Don't care about

11. Every individual member of the human race has a responsibility to become a __________.
(a) Questioner
(b) Believer
(c) Skeptic
(d) Hero

12. Campbell notes that many cultures have an explanation for the process of life/noise emerging from ________.
(a) Nothingness/silence
(b) Death
(c) Birth
(d) Ego/superego.

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

14. What is one way, Campbell suggests, humans can use to separate themselves from their outer layers and connect with spirit?
(a) Prayer
(b) Meditation
(c) Hallucinogens
(d) Fasting

15. The characteristics of the physical world are ultimately a kind of ___________.
(a) Disguise
(b) Illusion
(c) Power
(d) Clothing

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On which ritual from Christianity does Campbell focus his efforts?

3. The process through which humanity emerges and returns to that from which it emerged is called the ______ cycle.

4. Who destroyed the civilizations of the race that had conquered his own?

5. Who is the transforming medium?

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