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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Mama's Boy is always in search of the perfect ______.

3. There are pleasures and ______ that accompany manhood.

4. In the negative conditions youth experience today, what pattern do the authors see developing in young people?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How could the Lover become the Impotent Lover?

2. What is Invocation?

3. How does a young man become a fully-fledged adult male?

4. Why do Jungians believe that there is hope for a resolution in archetypes?

5. Why do Jungians believe archetypes are also relevant to females?

6. What do the authors believe is the nature of a young man's ascension without a ritual elder?

7. Why does the High Chair Tyrant act as he does? As a child? As an adult?

8. Why is the Sadist a shadow of the Warrior?

9. What human needs do the Magician and Lover fulfill?

10. What are the challenges men face in maturing and how do the authors see the challenges affect them?

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