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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who saw the Goddess Artemis nude and was unrepentant?
(a) Eremis
(b) Actaeon
(c) Acctron
(d) Totalis

2. Who gently kissed an old crone and was rewarded for his efforts?
(a) Rodina
(b) Eochaid
(c) Eonid
(d) Tremulus

3. What was the origin of the story about the warrior who achieved enlightenment, returned to the world, saw that humans weren't ready for what he had to teach, and then withdrew into the spiritual world?
(a) Hindu
(b) Indian
(c) French
(d) Arabic

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

5. To what do the nurturing and life giving aspects of the Ogre Father and Goddess Mother archetypes correspond?
(a) Freudian pathos
(b) Ego
(c) Freudian eros
(d) Superego

Short Answer Questions

1. The encounter with the Father is a symbol of ________.

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

3. After the first threshold, what immediately happens to the Hero?

4. The Hero is on a journey towards _____ with the source of all things.

5. The division between the God of the Old Testament and the God in the New Testament further brings up the idea of __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the content of "The Magic Flight."

2. What is the shimenawa?

3. What happens in "The Refusal of the Return"?

4. What is the main idea in "Apotheosis"?

5. What is the main concept behind the section "The World Navel"?

6. What happens when the Hero is a young woman? How does "The Meeting with the Goddess" take place?

7. By what are the Hero's first steps blocked?

8. Describe the idea of "Refusal of the Call."

9. What example does Campbell use to show the fact that dreams of contemporary individuals seem to play out stories from classical myths?

10. What does Campbell suggest is the ultimate point of the Hero's journey?

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