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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Miller first read cover to cover?
(a) An autobiography of President Eisenhower.
(b) A book on how to write your own memoir.
(c) A book of Emily Dickinson poems.
(d) A comic book.

2. Where does Miller first realize he needs to achieve manhood?
(a) When he falls in love.
(b) Miller believes he has already achieved manhood.
(c) At a rally for Christian men.
(d) Miller does not believe that men need to achieve manhood.

3. Miller also tells a story of watching an interview with a famous person which teaches him more about sin. Who was this famous person?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Oprah Winfrey.
(c) Rev. Billy Graham.
(d) Bill Clinton.

4. Miller uses the story of a girl who met and broke up with several boys in one morning to illustrate his points about girls. How many boys did this girl talk to in this story?
(a) Five.
(b) Too many to count.
(c) None.
(d) Three

5. According the audience who listened to Miller give his talk, what happens to men who "take a moral high ground"?
(a) They cannot keep friends.
(b) They become very popular.
(c) Nothing happens to these men.
(d) They can become social outcasts.

6. How much of MacMurray's work efforts pay off?
(a) 50%.
(b) 100%.
(c) About 10%.
(d) None of MacMurray's work efforts pay off.

7. According to Miller, what percentage of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes?
(a) 100%.
(b) 33%.
(c) 0%.
(d) 70%.

8. Which of MacMurray's children gets Miller out of bed by begging to be carried down the stairs?
(a) MacMurray does not have any children.
(b) MacMurray's children are grown.
(c) Cassy MacMurray.
(d) Elle MacMurray.

9. Miller learned a valuable life lesson in Chapter 11 despite the absence of who in his life?
(a) His father.
(b) A brother.
(c) A wife.
(d) A friend.

10. What usually happens after Miller begins to date a woman?
(a) They fight and break up.
(b) She falls in love with Miller.
(c) They become engaged.
(d) She loses her attraction.

11. Miller's mother dies without doing what?
(a) Telling Miller that she loved him.
(b) Making a will.
(c) Making arrangements for her funeral.
(d) Telling Miller who his father is.

12. As a child, Miller thinks that manhood does not arrive until men are what age?
(a) When they married.
(b) In their thirtiies.
(c) When they become teenagers.
(d) In their fifties.

13. According to Miller, wise moves will pay off, but what can they not do?
(a) Make everyone a winner.
(b) Guarantee security.
(c) Make everyone wealthy.
(d) Ensure victory.

14. According to Miller, why should young men say no to cheap sex?
(a) To strengthen families.
(b) To protect women.
(c) To save money.
(d) To avoid diseases.

15. What other group of people besides boys and men without fathers does Miller recognize in Chapter 7?
(a) Mothers of boys without fathers.
(b) Miller does not recognize any other groups in this chapter.
(c) Women who grow up without a father.
(d) All men and women with fathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. MacMurray criticizes which parts of Miller's work ethic?

2. What does Miller state that a "callused heart toward sin" is?

3. What does MacMurray believe is his payment for high-quality work?

4. What organization did Miller join in order to develop his idea of manhood?

5. Where does Miller find a job when he moves to Oregon?

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