Hero's Journey Steps Quiz 1

Where the story begins and ends. This is the hero's home world.

• Ordinary World

• Magical World

• Threshold

• Inner Most Cave

When heroes become teenagers, they realize they have special powers. That is when a teacher or mentor or buddy helper shows up.

• Original World

• Crossing the Threshold

• Call to Adventure

• Heroic World

At first the hero is confused by the message that the mentor/teacher brings. Why must the hero leave home and save the world? The hero has fears and may not want to go.

• Crossing the Threshold

• Call to Adventure

• Refusal of the Call

• Inner Most Cave

The hero has a special person who assists in learning how to take the Call to Adventure and Go on a Quest.

• The Magical Creature

• The Mentor

• The Antihero

• The Love Interest

Most heroes have a companion who is not human, yet has super-human qualities.

• The Final Beast to Kill

• The Magical Creature

• The Buddy

• The Mentor

There is a line between the Ordinary World and the Magical World.

• The Approach

• The Ordeal

• Innermost Cave

• Crossing the Threshold

This is the period where the hero trains with buddy partners and has small fights that lead up to the eventual Ordeal.

• Tests, Allies, Enemies

• Crossing the Threshold

• The Ordeal

• Return with Elixer

In order for the hero to defeat the enemy and complete the quest, the hero must overcome _____.

• Fear

• Bad Breath

• Foot Odor

• A Bad Haircut

This is the CLIMAX where the hero defeats the bad guy.

• The Reward

• The Ordeal

• The Elixer

• The Inner Most Cave

Once the bad guy has been defeated, the hero begins:

• The Transformation

• The Ordinary World

• The Threshold

• The Road Back