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

2. In reference to the Hero, Campbell writes, "...the Law lives in him with his unreserved __________."
(a) Consent
(b) Balance
(c) Peace
(d) Truth

3. And as a continuation of #110, the Hero also has to ___________ what he's learned.
(a) Hold onto
(b) Understand
(c) Acknowledge
(d) Believe

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Hero is often endowed with the ability to pass back and forth between ______________.

2. The Hero is free to live because he has lived true _________.

3. What is one way, Campbell suggests, humans can use to separate themselves from their outer layers and connect with spirit?

4. What is the simple answer to why the Hero would want to return to a world after his journey?

5. The first task of the man-hero is to break down the ____________ to union with God.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Campbell stress about the idea of symbols?

2. What does Campbell suggest every individual member of the human race has a responsibility to do?

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

4. What is the end of the life in the universe portrayed as in this section?

5. Where is the place of the Hero's birth?

6. Summarize "The Virgin Birth - Mother Universe."

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

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

9. What does Campbell say happens when the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography, history, or science?

10. What occurs in "Freedom to Live"?

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