Stages 1-3
Stages 4-6
Stages 7-9
Stages 10-12
Movies: Guess the Stage!
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We find out about the hero's talents and where the hero starts

Ordinary World

100

The hero tests their skills and finds out who they can trust

Stage 6 Tests Allies and Enemies

100

A big battle or challenege in the middle of the journey, where the hero "dies"

Stage 8: The Supreme Ordeal

100

In this stage the hero experiences the most dangerous meeting with death but shows his true value and heroism

Stage 11: The Threshold Crossing

100

Luke Skywalker receiving the lightsaber from Obi Wan Kenobi

Stage 4: Meeting the Mentor

200

The person or thing that calls the hero to adventure

The herald

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Mr. Han trains Dre in The Karate Kid

Meeting the Mentor

200

The hero battles and gets the important thing they came for in the Special World and then takes a "rest"

Stage 9: The Reward -- Seizing the Prize

200

In this stage all the problems are resolved and there is usually a grand ceremony or celebration

Stage 12: Return with the Elixer

200

T'Challa fights Killmonger to be King Of Wakanda, but is defeated and "dies" when Killmonger throws him over the cliff.

Stage 8: The Supreme Ordeal

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What is this stage number and name? A Firefighter knows his job is to enter the burning building, but is hesitant because he knows he could be killed or injured.

Stage 2: Refusal of the Call

300

Which stage is it? Dorothy being transported by the tornado from Kansas to Oz

a. The Ordinary World

b. Crossing the Threshold

c. Refusal of the Call

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The Reward Seizing the Prize could be demonstrated by Dorothy getting the witch's broomstick or Moana getting the Maui's hook and the heart of TaFiti from the crab.

TRUE OR FALSE

TRUE

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An example of Stage 10: The Road Back would be Simba seeing the vision of his father, and his realization that he must return to Pride Rock

TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

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Simba is born to King Mufasa and Queen Sirabi on Pride Rock

Stage 1: The Ordinary World

400

The herald in The Matrix is

The computer message

400

In this stage the hero might receive magical gifts or special powers

Meeting the Mentor

400

In the Supreme Ordeal the hero's "death" means that he dies and is not reborn with more insight.

TRUE or FALSE?

FALSE

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To what stage does this scenario apply? A knight has his last dangerous battle with the enemy, is stabbed with the enemy's sword, passes out but has magical strength and defeats the enemy.

a. Stage 10: The Road Back

b. Stage 11: The Thresold Crossing -- The Resurrection

c. Stage 12: Return with the Elixer

400

In the movie The Matrix, Neo takes the RED pill to transport him to the The Matrix and he knows there's no turning back.

Stage 5: Crossing the Threshold

500

What is the Stage number and name? A military soldier is home with his family. He gets an email from his Commanding Officer that he is being deployed to fight in a war.

Stage 2: Call to Adventure

500

In this stage the hero might meet a shapeshifter

Stage 6 Tests Allies and Enemies

500

What Stage number and name is this situation:

A hunter who is trying track a wild bear who has been ravaging the village, enters the dark forest and a path that leads to the cave where the bear is thought to take refuge.

Stage 7: Approach to the Innermost Cave

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Which stage is this? The hero has the antidote for the disease that is making people sick back in the Ordinary World.  The enemy chases him to try to get the antidote back, but the hero makes it through the portal back to the Ordinary World

Stage 10: The Road Back

500

In Spiderman, Peter Parker has just tested his new powers by fighting Green Goblin, but then realizes that the Green Goblin is actually Mr. Osborne his friend's father.

Stage 6: Tests, Allies and Enemies