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

2. The division between the God of the Old Testament and the God in the New Testament further brings up the idea of __________.
(a) Duality
(b) Confusion
(c) Faith
(d) Religion

3. What does Campbell say are used to signify and to assist in the breaking of the attachment to one's parent?
(a) Arguments
(b) Gifts
(c) Rituals
(d) Dreams

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

5. By what are the Hero's first steps into the new world blocked?
(a) A Guardian
(b) Obstacles
(c) A wall
(d) Spiritual doubt

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the goal of the Hero's journey?

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

3. The first section of this chapter is "The Crossing of the _________ Threshold."

4. What flows from this central area, as Campbell describes?

5. What kind of maiden exposes herself to danger in a quest for porcupine quills?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the "inexhaustible energies" to which Campbell refers?

2. What are some of the psychological weapons a Hero might use to get back the obstacle that lies in his path at the start?

3. Summarize the concept of "The Ultimate Boon."

4. What is the duality as Campbell sees it in Christianity?

5. Summarize "The Rescue from Without."

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

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

8. How does Campbell describe the world navel?

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 offer as the ultimate example of unification with the source of all things in order to become like the Father?

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