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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This book addresses people and their needs for what?
(a) Soul fullfillment.
(b) Parental affection.
(c) A spouse.
(d) Confidence.

2. Who was Parsifal?
(a) A playwrite.
(b) A woodworker who make round tables.
(c) A legendary knight from the Middle Ages.
(d) The writer of "Meditations."

3. How many types of people does Pearson write about in this book?
(a) 12.
(b) 19.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

4. In which journey does Pearson say the lover participates?
(a) The preparation.
(b) The return.
(c) The remembrance of the journey.
(d) The journey itself.

5. According to Pearson, what is the part of people that has instinctual desires?
(a) Id.
(b) Ego.
(c) Illiad.
(d) Yin.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Pearson, which archetype seems to have extra energy?

2. At a higher level, which archetype does Pearson say can learn to take care of others like themselves?

3. What philosophy does Martin Heidigger follow?

4. Which biblical character discussed in Chapter 3 dreams he is fleeing and climbing a ladder to heaven?

5. According to Pearson, which archetype is what most people identify with when they think of a person being a hero?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pearson explain the difference between the id and the Fool?

2. What are the four archetypes that Pearson says make up the journey itself?

3. What does Pearson say happens when an orphan refuses to be rescued?

4. What are the four archetypes that Pearson says make up the return from the journey?

5. Which archetype does Pearson say is often featured in modern literature?

6. Which of Pearson's archetypes is present at the beginning of the hero's journey and what are its characteristics?

7. Explain Pearson's thoughts about the "midlife crisis."

8. According to Pearson, who does the Orphan reject, and how does the Orphan survive?

9. What are the negative aspects of the Caregiver discussed in Chapter 9?

10. Briefly explain how Pearson explains that the self forms its identity. What is the first step? Then what?

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