Questions for BtWoB

Use the online version of "By the Waters of Babylon" to help you answer these questions:

1. How are the six steps of the Quest demonstrated in "BtWoB"?
   1. Quester
   2. Destination/Prize
   3. Mentor
   4. Challenges x2
   5. Underworld
   6. True Purpose/Self-Awareness
   
   
   
2. [From page 309 of the textbook] The title of this selection is an allusion, or reference, to Psalm 137 in the Bible. The psalm expresses the sorrow of the Jews over their enslavement in Babylon and the destruction of Zion, their homeland. The psalm begins: "By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Zion."
   
   How do the words of the psalm relate to the discoveries John makes about the great burning and the gods? Answer in 2-3 complete sentences.

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