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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 is the role of the Dreamer in the Oedipal Child?
(a) He is a shadow side.
(b) He is a muse.
(c) He is an enemy,
(d) He is a friend.

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

3. "Crisis" stresses that a young man's initiation is ________.
(a) Vital.
(b) Inconsequential.
(c) Optional.
(d) Important.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In archetypal psychology, what do men inherit from generations before?

3. There are pleasures and ______ that accompany manhood.

4. How are the Dreamer and the Mama's Boy similar?

5. In an initiation, the ritual space is considered _______.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What defined rites of passage in ancient times?

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

5. What professions is the Tyrant usually drawn to?

6. Why do these archetypes need to coexist in a boy for him to develop into a man?

7. Why do the authors believe immaturity shouldn't be completely destroyed in a male's development?

8. Once one begins this process, how long do the authors say it take to become a fully-fledged male?

9. According to the authors, why are action movies and sports so favored among men?

10. Why is the Masochist a shadow of the Warrior?

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