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Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Facts about The Odyssey
100

This is the hero's normal world, where life is status quo, problems/conflicts don't trouble the hero, and he/she lives among mortals/non-supernatural beings. 

What is the Ordinary World

100

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.


What is Mentor Helper? 

100

The Hero prepares to approach the major challenge in the Special World. The hero must focus, making preparations for a hard fight or to defeat their biggest fear or personal challenge. This can be a place & escalates the tension in the story.  


What is the Approach? 

100

Part 4 of the Hero's Journey is called...

What is the Road Block/Hero's Return? 

100

A typical character, action, or situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature. Also known as the "universal symbol," may be a character, a theme, a symbol, or even a setting. 

What is a literary archetype? 

200

Part 1 of the Hero's Journey is called...

What is the Call to Adventure

200

In Star Wars, Yoda's character would fulfill what role/stage of the Hero's Journey. 

What is the Mentor/Helper? 

200

True or False, during the Ordeal of the Hero's Journey, the hero confronts death or faces his or her greatest fear. 

What is true? 

200


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


What is the Road Block? 

200
This is another name for a hero's journey. 

What is a monomyth? 

300

The hero is reluctant or frightened to accept the call and begin the journey. The hero feels the fear of the unknown and tries to turn away from the adventure, however briefly. Alternatively, another character may express the uncertainty and danger ahead.


What is the refusal?

300

Part 2 of the Hero's Journey is called...

What is the Supreme Ordeal/Initiation?

300

The hero has overcome his greatest fear by facing and conquering the enemy/ordeal. The hero has now earned what s/he sought, but there is also danger of losing the reward again. 


What is the Reward? 

300


The final battle. The hero is tested a final time - applying all the wisdom thus far obtained. The climax in which the Hero has his final encounter with death.  If the Hero fails, others will suffer, placing more weight on the Hero’s shoulders - again makes us relate to and feel sympathy for the Hero.  


What is the sacrifice or atonement? 

300

How were the original verses of The Odyssey share with audiences? 

What is the verses were sung? 

400

Someone or something presents the hero with a problem, challenge, or an adventure. This can be an event or a person.


What is The Call to Adventure

400

The hero faces tests/conflicts and sorts out allegiances in the Special World. The hero picks up friends and enemies along the way.


What is Test/Allies/Enemies? 

400

Part 3 of the Hero's Journey is called...

What is the Unification/Transformation?  

400

The hero finally masters the problem. The hero returns home bearing some element of the treasure that has the power to heal or transform the Ordinary World, just as the hero has been transformed. He is the master of two worlds. 


What is the Return? 

400

Who did the ancient Greeks credit with writing the Odyssey 

Who is Homer? 

500
In the movie, The Hunger Games, the lottery held in Katniss Evergreen's district initially chooses Prim, her younger sister,  to attend the Games in the Capital. Katniss then volunteers to take her sister's place. This is an example of what part of the hero's journey? 

What is the The Call to Adventure. 

500

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.


What is Crossing the Threshold? 
500

Near the middle of the story, this is the biggest life or death crisis. The hero confronts death or faces his or her greatest fear.


What is the Ordeal? 

500

In the book/movie series, Harry Potter, when Harry Potter finally faces Voldemort for a dual at Hogwart's Castle, this would be what section of the Hero's Journey? 

What is the Sacrifice/Atonement? 

500

Homer's poems influenced this ancient culture.

Who are the Greeks? 

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