English 12 -- The Hero's Journey and Star Wars

What major genre was declining in the 1970s, making way for new types of films?

• Comedy
• Western
• Horror
• Romance

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Which 1968 film directed by Stanley Kubrick marked a milestone in science fiction filmmaking?

• Star Wars
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• Blade Runner
• 2001: A Space Odyssey

Who created the Star Wars story and introduced audiences to "a galaxy far, far away"?

• Steven Spielberg
• James Cameron
• George Lucas
• Ridley Scott

In what year did George Lucas begin writing the script for Star Wars?

• 1968
• 1970
• 1973
• 1977

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What book by Joseph Campbell heavily influenced George Lucas’s screenplay?

• The Hero with a Thousand Faces
• The Power of Myth
• The Golden Bough
• The Writer’s Journey

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What concept from Campbell’s book refers to a central narrative shared across cultures?

• The Archetypal Story
• The Monomyth
• The Universal Tale
• The Hero’s Saga

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What are the three main stages of the Hero’s Journey structure?

• Start, Middle, Finish
• Call, Adventure, Return
• Departure, Initiation, Return
• Ordinary World, Crisis, Reward

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What represents the Ordinary World in Luke Skywalker’s journey?

• The Death Star
• The planet Tatooine
• Mos Eisley Cantina
• His uncle’s starship

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What is the Call to Adventure in Star Wars?

• Meeting Han Solo
• Leia’s message in R2-D2
• Learning about the Jedi Order
• Receiving a lightsaber

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What role does Obi-Wan Kenobi serve in Luke’s Hero’s Journey?

• The Ally
• The Herald
• The Mentor
• The Threshold Guardian

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