Hero's Journey Quiz

What is the "Call to Adventure" in a Hero’s Journey?

• The moment the hero returns home

• The beginning of the hero’s journey when they are first given a mission or purpose

• The time when the hero celebrates their success

• When the hero meets allies

In which stage does the hero encounter a mentor who provides guidance?

• Call to Adventure

• Road Back

• Meeting with the Mentor

• Approach

Which part of the journey involves crossing from the ordinary world into the unknown or special world?

• Refusal of the Call

• Crossing the Threshold

• Return with the Elixir

• Ordinary World

What typically happens in the “Tests, Allies, and Enemies” stage?

• The hero defeats the ultimate enemy

• The hero meets various characters who either help or challenge them

• The hero experiences self-doubt and considers giving up

• The hero finds a magical item that solves their problems

What is the “Ordeal” or “Abyss” in the Hero’s Journey?

• The ultimate battle or deepest challenge the hero faces

• The first challenge the hero encounters

• A time of celebration after a minor victory

During the “Reward” stage, what does the hero typically receive?

• A magical weapon

• Praise from their community

• A treasure, power, or knowledge for surviving the ordeal

• A new mentor

What is the purpose of the “Road Back” stage in the Hero’s Journey?

• It’s the hero’s final challenge before returning home

• It’s when the hero permanently leaves their world

• It’s the point where the hero reflects on their failures

• It’s the stage where the hero goes back to their mentor for more advice

What does the hero bring back to the Ordinary World in the “Return with the Elixir”?

• The knowledge, power, or treasure gained that benefits others

• A new set of allies

• Nothing; they return empty-handed

• Only memories of their journey

Which of the following best describes the hero's journey?

• A hero begins in an unknown world and struggles alone against a great evil to reach his ordinary world again.

• It begins with an ordinary life, but is compelled to take a hero journey into the unknown. With help, the hero overcomes challenges and returns a changed person.

• A hero eagerly heads out to find a magical world and fight everything he sees so he can rule the world as a more powerful, wiser person.

• After becoming a powerful and important a hero misses his old life, so he returns to the unknown to be destroyed so he can come back as his old, ordinary self and return to his old ordinary life.

What causes a hero to begin his/her journey? *

• a call to adventure, usually from a herald of some kind

• an accident

• a mentor dies

• the crossing the threshold