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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. What term does Pearson say best describes what people believe in a positive fashion about different cultures?
(a) Archetype.
(b) Typography.
(c) Anglotype.
(d) Stereotype.

2. Which gender does Pearson claim is geared to developing individual values?
(a) Both men and women.
(b) Men.
(c) Neither men nor women.
(d) Women.

3. Which archetype does Pearson say has responsibility for his own life and for others?
(a) Warrior.
(b) Ruler.
(c) Trickster.
(d) Destroyer.

4. Which personality trait does Pearson say is known to intensify pain through negativity, nasty name-calling, and other ways?
(a) Magician.
(b) Warrior.
(c) Shadow Warrior.
(d) Shadow Magician.

5. Which archetype does Pearson say can create a rich life for a person, though life can become too complex?
(a) Creator.
(b) Ruler.
(c) Warrior.
(d) Caregiver.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what is a type of disinterested love for ideas or different qualities, love for beauty, truth, mankind or even for God?

2. According to Pearson, what is the shadow of a ruler archetype?

3. Which of Pearson's archetypes grows up by falling in love with people and ideas?

4. What, in addition to personality, does Pearson say affects people's lives?

5. What cultural theory does Pearson emphasize?

Short Essay Questions

1. Identify and define the two types of love Pearson discusses in Chapter 12.

2. Which two archetypes does Pearson claim affect the mid-life period? Briefly explain the effects they have.

3. Briefly discuss the association Pearson makes between love and death.

4. What two archetypes are important during old age, and why does Pearson say they are important?

5. What does Pearson claim are the extremes of the Fool archetype? Briefly explain.

6. Why does Pearson say it is important to study many cultures?

7. What are the two shadow types of the Sage that Pearson gives? Explain them briefly.

8. Compare the United States to other nations. How does Pearson see America's view of culture, and which archetype does she say it emphasizes?

9. How does Pearson explain the difference between stereotypes and archetypes?

10. Which two archetypes does Pearson call pivotal in childhood and why?

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