Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Carol S. Pearson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Carol S. Pearson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which children's story discussed in Chapter 3 symbolizes activity in the soul?

2. When does Pearson say the seeker archetype becomes important in a person?

3. Which of Pearson's archetypes is often accompanied by suffering?

4. Which personality type helps in preparation for the journey discussed by Pearson?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pearson say it is important for a person to have a strong ego? What problems might a weak ego cause?

2. What is the role of God in Existentialist literature?

3. What is the role of the Seeker discussed in Chapter 10, and when does it initially become important?

4. What does Pearson claim to be the role of the Trickster?

5. What does Pearson say are the traditional archetypes for men and women and how has time changed those?

6. What two important roles does Pearson say the Fool fulfills?

7. Who is Carl Jung, and what is his importance to this book?

8. Explain the "shadow" discussed in this book, and give one example that Pearson gives of a shadow.

9. What are some characteristics of the Innocent archetype outlined by Pearson?

10. What are the four archetypes Pearson says make up the preparation for the journey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the two archetypes that Pearson says are most affected by gender.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the metaphor of a king, his knight, his healer, and his jester that Pearson uses to relate the archetypes in this book.

Essay Topic 3

Regarding stages of the journey, discuss the dual importance of the Fool. What does Pearson believe would happen without the fool in both circumstances?

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