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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 the negative conditions youth experience today, what pattern do the authors see developing in young people?
(a) Developing a Peter Pan complex.
(b) Developing their own rites of passage without guidance.
(c) Trying to change the world.
(d) Identifying more with women.

2. In "Boy Psychology and Man Psychology" what is the stance on shadow-sides of a man's personality integrating into his whole personality?
(a) They make him more appealing to women.
(b) They make him unique.
(c) They give the man self-confidence.
(d) They can't integrate positively.

3. What is the role of the Dummy in the Precocious Child?
(a) He is a friend of the Know-It-All Trickster.
(b) He is his conscience.
(c) He is a shadow side.
(d) He is not connected to the Precocious Child.

4. The cave paintings detail the "____ world" of masculinity.
(a) Fictional.
(b) Mysterious.
(c) Harsh.
(d) Ideal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the role of the Mama's Boy in the Oedipal Child?

2. The Grandstander Bully's aggressive behavior is fueled by his ______.

3. Classically, initiations are a ______ ritual.

4. What defines the Precocious Child?

5. What were cave paintings meant to illustrate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the authors believe a ritual elder is necessary to a young man's successful ascension into manhood?

2. Why is the Manipulator distant from his own life?

3. Why are the Mama's Boy and the Dreamer disappointed as adults?

4. According to the authors, what is the fundamental, inherent desire in every young man?

5. What is Active Imagination Dialogue?

6. If the Warrior is of well-trained body and mind, how does he use his aggression?

7. Do Moore and Gillette believe a man can integrate all the positive qualities of the archetypes into his personality unconsciously?

8. Why is the Divine Child considered the source of life?

9. Why don't men hold the pinnacle of their archetype?

10. What is Invocation?

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