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The Hero's Journey

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The hero is introduced in the known world.

a)

crossing the threshold

b)

trials

c)

status quo

d)

approach

2.

The story develops rising action as the hero faces a series of challenges that become increasingly difficult as the story unfolds.

a)

The Road of Trials

b)

Call to Adventure

c)

The Road Back

d)

The Abyss/Crisis

3.

The future hero is first given notice that his or her life is going to change.

a)

Meeting with the Mentor

b)

Road of Trials

c)

Call to Adventure

d)

Crossing the Threshold

4.

The future hero often refuses to accept the quest or wants everything to stay the same.

a)

Refusal of the Call

b)

The Road of Trials

c)

Crisis/Abyss

d)

Call to Adventure

5.

Most of a hero's journey takes place

a)

in space

b)

in the known world

c)

underground

d)

in the unknown world

6.

What author is most associated with the concept of the Hero's Journey?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

George Lucas

c)

Joseph Campbell

d)

Carl Jung

7.

True or False. Only fictional characters are heroes on a journey.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The person who who advises hero, preps for quest & develops special skills is called

a)

a friend

b)

a priest

c)

a mentor

d)

a trickster

9.

Fictional epic heroes are often raised by someone other than their parents.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

A "point of no return" is crossed. The hero is committing to the journey. The hero leaves their ordinary world and enters into an unfamiliar/new world.

a)

The Road Back

b)

The Road of Trials

c)

The Ordeal/Abyss/Crisis

d)

Crossing the Threshold

11.

The hero comes across a veteran traveler of the worlds or a wise man or woman who gives him or her training, equipment, weapons, or advice that will help on the journey.

a)

The Reward

b)

Approach to the Inmost Cave

c)

The Resurrection

d)

Meeting with the Mentor

12.

What are the 4 MAIN stages of The Hero's Journey?

a)

Separation, Call to Adventure, Adventure, Return

b)

Call to Adventure, Road of Trials, The Magical Flight, Return

c)

The Ordinary World, Initiation, Transformation, Revelation

d)

Call to Adventure, Initiation, Transformation, Return

13.

The step on the journey where the hero confronts death or faces his/her greatest fear.

a)

The Underworld

b)

Reward/Treasure

c)

Abyss/Crisis/Ordeal

d)

The Road of Trials

14.

The hero normally receives this after he has faced the Ordeal/Crisis

a)

The Talisman

b)

A Reward/treasure

c)

The Mentor

d)

Allies

15.
Without ________ the hero would fail miserably. 
a)
Talisman
b)
Sidekick
c)
Tests & the Supreme Ordeal 
d)
Allies/Helpers
16.

What happens after trials and the crisis/abyss?

a)

The Hero dies

b)

The Call to Adventure and Departure

c)

The Road of Trials and Allies

d)

Reward/Treasure and the Road Back

17.

True or False: The reward/treasure for the journey is always a physical object.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

True or False: Every Hero's Journey story contains all of the steps in the same order.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The hero returns home or continues the journey, but as a newer, better version of themselves.

a)

The Return

b)

The Road Back

c)

The Treasure/Reward

d)

Initiation/Transformation