The Hero's Journey

This quiz will test your knowledge over what the hero's journey is and some examples from literature and the performing arts.

He developed a famous diagram that plots the path of the typical hero’s journey.

Joseph Campbell

H.G. Wells

Arthur C. Clarke

Jules Verne

The hero’s journey is also known by this term.

Saga

Odyssey

Monomyth

Epic

At which point in the journey does the hero’s transformation begin?

Between the abyss and the return to the ordinary world

After returning to the ordinary world

At the threshold of the ordinary and special worlds

Between the threshold and the abyss

All of these characters are heroes EXCEPT

Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games)

Hector (The Iliad)

Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz)

Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings)

This point in the hero’s journey draws the hero away from his or her daily life.

Origin story

Discovery

Reversal of fortune

Call to adventure

Which of these characters best fits the description of a spiritual aid?

Peeves (Harry Potter series)

Hera (The Aeneid)

Beatrice (Paradiso)

Grendel (Beowulf)