The Hero's Journey

A person or object providing guidance and wisdom prior to the hero's departure on the journey.  

• Ordeal
• Crossing the Threshold 
• Mentor 
• The Road Back 

Hero is not out of danger. A final test is given that will result in the hero being admitted back into the Ordinary World.  

• Return with the Elixir 
• Resurrection/New Life
• The Road Back/Return 
• Reward 

The hero makes preparations such as reviewing maps, finding weapons, or killing off smaller enemies.  

• Trials (Tests, Allies, or Enemies
• Ordeal 
• Approach to the Inmost Cave 
• Crossing the Threshold 

in the "New Life or Resurrection" phase of the journey, the hero must literally die and come back to life.

• true
• false

"Crossing the Threshold" is when the hero:

• Jumps a fence
• Leaves the known world
• recommits to the journey ahead 
• Goes to sleep

Often when the call is given, the future hero refuses to heed it. This may be from a sense of duty or obligation, fear, insecurity, a sense of inadequacy, or any of a range of reasons that work to hold the person in his or her current circumstances. 

• Crossing the Threshold 
• Supernatural Aid
• The Call to Adventure
• Refusal of the Call

The hero returns with the treasure that will heal the community or himself.  The hero has faced many trials which has brought about some sort of inward or maybe outward change.  

• The Road Back/Return 
• Resurrection 
• Return witht the Elixir 
• Reward 

Which part of the hero's journey would unlocking a ridde or defeating smaller enemies be categorized?  

• Crossing the Threshold 
• Trials (Tests, Alllies, Enemies)
• Approach to the Inmost Cave 
• Ordeal 

How many steps are in the hero's journey or monomyth?  

• 10 steps 
• 12 steps 
• 3 steps 
• 11 steps