The Hero's Journey

Who outlined the hero's journey?

• Joseph Campbell

• William Shakespeare

• Lord Byron

• Geoffrey Chaucer

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Who outlined the hero's journey?

• The ultimate goal that a writer wants to attain when writing

• A template of a protagonist's adventure in most stories

• A mistake in storytelling that often leads to stereotyping

• The age after the Renaissance

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From what book was the hero's journey derived?

• The Monomyth

• The Hero with a Thousand Faces

• Gulliver's Travels

• A Thousand and One Arabian Nights

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The hero's journey has a cyclical nature (goes around in a circle) to it. Why?

• The hero learns something but eventually reverts back to his original personality.

• The hero starts off in the ordinary world and ends up back there by the end of the story.

• The hero dies only to be reborn; he then forgets his journey.

• The hero succeeds throughout the story, and then passes on his adventures to his son (or daughter).

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Which two worlds are involved in the hero's journey?

• The old world and the new world

• The ordinary world and the unknown world

• The human world and the world of the dead

• The real world and a multiverse

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Which of the following usually serves as an impetus for the hero to leave his ordinary world?

• Crossing the threshold

• Meeting the mentor

• A call to adventure

• Seizing the reward

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Sometimes, heroes are not ready to leave the comfort of their normal worlds when adventure calls. What step of the hero's journey are they going through?

• Resurrection and atonement

• Approach of the innermost cave

• Refusal of the call

• The road back home

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Which of the following do heroes meet before they cross over to the unfamiliar world?

• A love interest

• Some allies

• A mentor

• A villain

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What do you call the point of the story when the hero ultimately decides to go off to an unfamiliar adventure?

• The ordeal

• Approaching the innermost cave

• Crossing the threshold

• Resurrection and atonement

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Once the hero crosses over to the unfamiliar world, which of the following happens first?

• Seizing the reward

• The ordeal

• Tests, allies and enemies

• Meeting the mentor

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