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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. In conclusion of their discussions of initiation, the authors stress that the most important element of a young man's initiation is _____.
(a) The sacred space.
(b) The cave paintings.
(c) The absence of women.
(d) The ritual elder.

2. The Mama's Boy is always in search of the perfect ______.
(a) Father.
(b) Family.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Mother.

3. What is a strong example of the Divine Child?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Don Quixote.
(d) John Lennon.

4. What is the key element of the ritual process Moore and Gillette believe that modern day young men lack?
(a) A sacred space.
(b) Caves.
(c) A desire to mature.
(d) A ritual elder.

5. What defines the High Chair Tyrant?
(a) Infidelity.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) Generosity.
(d) Self-centeredness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the role of the Dreamer in the Oedipal Child?

2. The Hero is the most _____ state of Boy psychology.

3. "Crisis" stresses that a young man's initiation is ________.

4. What were cave paintings meant to illustrate?

5. What have the authors observed about how young men feel about maturity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Lover in such great need of the other archetypes?

2. What is the affect of the King being tied to the divine?

3. According to the authors, what are the most important challenges for a man to face?

4. What do the authors claim defines rites of passage in modern times?

5. Why is the Hero the most advanced stage of a boy's psychology?

6. Why can't the Magician act alone?

7. What defines the conditions of the Magician today?

8. Why does the Grandstander Bully act as he does?

9. How do the two lower points of the triangle, the shadow-sides, build the pinnacle?

10. Why does the Weakling respond with rage to some situations?

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