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WorksheetsCampbell's Hero's Journey
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which of the following best describes the hero's journey?
A hero begins in an unknown world and struggles alone against a great evil to reach his ordinary world again.
It begins with an ordinary life, but is compelled to take a hero journey into the unknown. With help, the hero overcomes challenges and returns a changed person.
A hero eagerly heads out to find a magical world and fight everything he sees so he can rule the world as a more powerful, wiser person.
After becoming a powerful and important a hero misses his old life, so he returns to the unknown to be destroyed so he can come back as his old, ordinary self and return to his old ordinary life.
Where does a hero's journey start according to the "monomyth"?
in a magical place
in an unknown world the hero must explore first
in an ordinary world, the hero's natural environment
Mt. Olypmus
Where did the idea of the "monomyth" or the hero's journey come from?
the Ancient Greeks
Shakespeare
Cave paintings
Folklore
What causes a hero to begin his/her journey? *
a call to adventure, usually from a herald of some kind
an accident
a mentor dies
the crossing the threshold
Does a hero eagerly set out on their adventure according to the "monomyth"? *
Yes, they're a hero! Bring on the monsters!
No, they first refuse the call. Heroes are humble after all.
No, they hide form the problem until a mentor makes them go.
Yes, because they hates their ordinary life.
The hero is presented with a problem, challenge, or adventure; the hero must face the beginnings of change.
Crosssing the Threshold
The Call to Adventure
The Ordeal
The Resurrection
The protagonist of the story. Usually, this character is brave and honorable, but needs to learn something in the story.
The Mentor
The Shadow
The Trickster
The Hero
The hero finally masters the problem. The hero returns home bearing some element of the treasure (elixir) that has the power to heal or transform the Ordinary World, just as the hero has been transformed.
Crossing the Threshold
The Reward
The Return
The Road Back
The hero takes possession of the treasure won by facing death.
The Ordeal
The Return
Crossing the Threshold
The Reward
The hero comes across a seasoned traveler of the world who give him or her training, equipment, or advice that will help on the journey.
The Approach
The Ordeal
Meeting the Mentor Helper
The Approach
The hero is severely tested once more. He or she is purified by a last sacrifice, another moment of death and rebirth, but on a higher and more complete level.
The Atonement
The Return
The Road Back
The Ordeal
The hero confronts death or faces his/her greatest fear. Out of the moment of death comes a new life.
The Ordeal
The Atonement
The Approach
The Road Back
The hero is faced tests and challenges that might be part of his/her training. The hero will sort out allegiances.
The Refusal
Tests, Allies, and Enemies
Meeting with the Mentor
The Ordeal
The Hero is rededicated to change and must recommit to completing the adventure, leaving the special world to be sure the treasure is brought home safely. Often a chase scene on the hero's journey home signals the urgency and danger of the mission.
Crossing the Threshold
The Road Back
The Ordeal
The Reward
A typical character, action, or situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature. Also known as "universal symbol," may be a character, a theme, a symbol, or even a setting.
Symbolism
Cliche
Archetype
Characterization
What are the two worlds of the Hero's Journey?
Microcosm & Macrocosm
The inner cave & outer cave
Ordinary world & New World
Inner World & Outer World
Where is the Hero's Journey found today?
In movies
In everyday life
In stories
All of the above
Which best describes what happens after the hero's final battle or test according the The Hero's Journey?
The find a bigger and badder enemy to fight to keep challenging themselves again and again.
He/She marries the princess/prince and lives happily ever after.
They become the master of the unknown and stays there as a new, more powerful person to rule and bring good to all of the people there.
They are reborn as a changed person and returns to their ordinary world with the power to help and bring good to people.
The treasure (or the reward) may include:
gold and riches
special powers
a new status or position
god-like status
"The Guy" or "The Girl"
Now one just from the lecture (but not tricky)...According to the Hero's Journey model, "The treasure you seek lies..."
at the departure
in the special world
in the ordinary world
in the cave you fear to enter
