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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role does the Know-It-All Trickster play in the Precocious Child?
(a) He is a shadow side.
(b) He is his conscience.
(c) He is his predecessor.
(d) He is his soul mate.

2. The authors believe that men are _____ by nature.
(a) Nurturing.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Violent.
(d) Childish.

3. What is the skill of the Oedipal Child?
(a) He is adept with languages.
(b) He can read the emotions of others.
(c) He is manually dexterous.
(d) He is a good entertainer.

4. How far back does male initiation span?
(a) Cro-Magnon man.
(b) Pre-historic times.
(c) The early 19th century.
(d) It is a recent development.

5. Why does the Know-It-All Trickster enjoy playing practical jokes?
(a) To find his intellectual equal.
(b) To pass the time.
(c) To laugh at others' naiveté.
(d) To enlighten people.

6. How could archetypal psychology benefit men and women?
(a) The two sexes will see what they have in common.
(b) Men and women will form their own tribes.
(c) Interactions between the two sexes will be more positive.
(d) The two sexes will begin to understand each other.

7. Whom is the Oedipal Child tied to?
(a) His shadow sides.
(b) The Precocious Child.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

8. The authors believe that gangs and crime indulge _____ behavior in young men.
(a) Loving.
(b) Violent.
(c) Creative.
(d) Selfish.

9. "Crisis" claims that modern day initiations are _______.
(a) Like ancient ones.
(b) Complex.
(c) Extensive.
(d) Inauthentic.

10. What does the Weakling Prince lack?
(a) Motivation.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Good looks.
(d) Money.

11. For a complete initiation process, the boys must be separated from ______.
(a) Other boys.
(b) Technology.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

12. What do the authors believe forces archetypes to go awry?
(a) Flawed relationships with parents.
(b) A lack of contact with women.
(c) A change is society's values.
(d) A lack of education.

13. Why was the type of psychology discussed in this book popular at the time of publishing?
(a) Self-help books were very popular as well.
(b) There were fewer books being published.
(c) The crime rate among young men was high.
(d) An economic crisis was occurring.

14. Whom are archetypes meant to represent?
(a) Women.
(b) Animals.
(c) Gods.
(d) Both men and women.

15. What is the role of the Mama's Boy in the Oedipal Child?
(a) He is his enemy.
(b) He is his conscience.
(c) He is his shadow side.
(d) He is his friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman's male sub-personality is called the ______.

2. What do the authors hope is the correction of this male crisis?

3. Why does the Coward become the Grandstander Bully?

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

5. How developed is archetypal psychology?

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