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

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

3. Who is the transforming medium?
(a) The mother of the world
(b) The spirit of the earth
(c) The Hero
(d) The father of the world

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The man-hero needs to go on a quest for the identity of his __________.

2. What is the term for one emergence, one living, and one return?

3. Intellect and language are too ________; symbols and myth are boundless in their capacity.

4. The future of each life is contained in the various manifestations of the _____________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize "The Crossing of the Return Threshold."

2. Why can't myths be compared directly to dreams?

3. What is the "universal round"?

4. Summarize "The Matrix of Destiny."

5. Campbell goes into detail about the relationship between what two things?

6. What does Campbell do in "The Keys"?

7. What does the "Shape-shifter" point out?

8. Summarize "Out of the Void - Space."

9. What occurs in "The Master of the Two Worlds"?

10. Over time, what has happened to core myths, according to Campbell?

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