WorksheetsHero's Journey Review
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name the Event: Heroes exist in a world that is considered ordinary by those who live there.
The Call to Adventure
The Ordinary World
The Return
The Supreme Ordeal
The Call to Adventure is...
When an event or danger starts a hero on their path.
When a supernatural character calls the hero on the phone.
When the hero enters a world they have never experienced.
When the hero must return home.
Percy lives in New York, goes to school, and lives with his mom. This is an example of...
The Supreme Ordeal
Restoring the World
Confronting the Father
The Ordinary World
leaves the Ordinary World
The person who who advises hero, preps for quest & develops special skills is called
a friend
a priest
a mentor
a trickster
What is the last stage of the hero's journey called?
the return
the resolution
the end
the finale
The future hero is first given notice that his or her life is going to change.
Call to Adventure
Beginning of Adventure
Experience with Unconditional Love
Refusal of the Call
The hero is Called to Adventure when . . .
He/she meets the mentor
He/she receives a weapon
He/she experiences an event, danger, or discovery that starts the path
He/she eats lunch.
The tension of the journey is often relieved when encountering the biggest obstacle called
The Transformation or The Supreme Ordeal
The Cave
Call to Adventure
The Return Home
A hero is not a hero unless he/she is
wearing a cape
holding a wand
shooting cobwebs from his/her wrists
transformed
True or False. Only fictional characters are heroes on a journey.
True
False
What is the Call to Adventure?
The future hero is first given notice that his/her life is going to change. The story introduces the hero and soon their life is disrupted, and they face a challenge.
The hero may refuse to return due to a fear of change or a desire to remain in the better place instead of going back. Falling action begins and action is not taken right away.
The final point of the adventure. The hero retains the wisdom gained and the theme becomes obvious at this point.
The hero experiences adventure and perhaps experiences danger as they attempt to return to their normal life.
What is the Refusal of the Call?
During a hero’s challenges, the hero find support from others which drives them forward to continue the journey despite self-doubts.
The hero is transformed by a series of tests that challenge them. The hero may fail one or more of these. The story develops rising action.
The hero refuses the call to adventure. The refusal may come from fear, insecurity, obligation, or duty. May look like personal doubt or second thoughts. This humanizes the future hero.
The final point of the adventure. The hero retains the wisdom gained and the theme becomes obvious at this point.
Where is the Hero's Journey found today?
In movies
In stories
In everyday life
All of the above
The "Tests and Challenges" a hero experiences on the journey are only physical challenges
True
False
What is another name for the Hero's Journey?
archetype
story hill
crisis
monomyth
Results can vary from story to story.
True
False
2. Call to Action
The hero faces a problem/challenge to begin adventure
The hero has his first meet against the villain
The hero faces death of loved ones
The hero crosses the normal world into the adventure world
3. Crossing the Threshold
The hero leaves the ordinary world / life; no turning back
The hero sails in a ship across the world
The hero is carried over the threshold by Thor... or Clay Matthews
This is where readers learn who the hero is and what his life is like
9. The Return Home
The hero is able to make it back to the ordinary world, but everything is changed a little now.
This is the exposition of the story, where we learn what the hero's ordinary world is.
This is where the hero must face the villain or one of his followers for the first time.
ONLY here will the mentor even consider teaching the hero anything.
