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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Campbell attempt to show relates within mythology?

3. There is ___________ for the interpretation of myths.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurs in "Freedom to Live"?

2. What are some of the symbols Campbell points out in the Christian sacrament of baptism?

3. Summarize "Within Space - Life."

4. Summarize "Transformations of the Hero" and "The Primordial Hero and the Human."

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

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

7. What is the "universal round"?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The idea of an innermost cave creates the first victory for the Hero in their journey.

Part 1: Describe the idea of the innermost cave.

Part 2: What is the importance of the innermost cave for the Hero's journey.

Part 3: Cite at least two examples of innermost caves that a Hero has encountered in myth or in stories.

Essay Topic 2

When the Hero finds what he/she is looking for, it is a great moment of power.

Part 1: Describe the possible things that a Hero might find as they overcome obstacles and prove victorious.

Part 2: What is the importance of the Hero's victory?

Part 3: If the victory does not create a tangible prize, what does a Hero have to show for his troubles?

Essay Topic 3

The reluctance of the Hero is something all of us can understand.

Part 1: Describe the idea of the Hero's reluctance to be a hero.

Part 2: What is the significance of this reluctance?

Part 3: Describe at least 2 examples of stories in which the Hero is reluctant.

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