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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19- Gender and Human Development over the Lifespan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before people reach old age, what does Pearson say is seen as the time of the last chance to change their lives?
(a) Mid-life crisis.
(b) Realism.
(c) Living will.
(d) Existentialism.

2. According to Pearson, when must a person must let go of responsibility and then life?
(a) Mid-life.
(b) Childhoold.
(c) Old age.
(d) Adolesence.

3. According to Pearson, what must be respected at all points of the journey?
(a) Yang.
(b) Ego.
(c) Yin.
(d) Id.

4. How does Pearson describe negative aspects of the characteristic ways a personality interacts with the world?
(a) As an aura.
(b) As a shadow.
(c) As a black hole.
(d) As a rainbow.

5. Who does Pearson say can exhibit the strength of a warrior and still be a gentle caregiver?
(a) Creator.
(b) Ruler.
(c) Man.
(d) Trickster.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Pearson, which personality type helps in the journey itself?

2. According to Chapter 7, what two things might cause disappointment for the orphan archetype?

3. What word does the book use to define characteristic ways a personality interacts with the world?

4. Which archetype does Pearson describe as the most disturbing one, but also is also the one that can cause an initiation into the mysteries of the Soul?

5. Which archetype does Pearson say tends to dominate in leading people such as business leaders and politicians?

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