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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the authors observed young men being forced to do without a ritual elder?

2. What does the Oedipal Child seek in his life?

3. The cave paintings detail the "____ world" of masculinity.

4. What were cave paintings meant to illustrate?

5. How developed is archetypal psychology?

Short Essay Questions

1. What professions is the Tyrant usually drawn to?

2. What defined rites of passage in ancient times?

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

4. When do the four archetypes arise?

5. What is the affect of the King being tied to the divine?

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

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

8. Why is the Magician considered powerful?

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

10. Why is the Hero the most advanced stage of a boy's psychology?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how aiding to humanity through archetypes can affect society and civilization.

Essay Topic 2

What are the conditions that would cause the Hero to transform into his shadow sides, the Grandstander Bully or the Coward? How and why does this happen?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the complex nature of the Warrior and why and how, despite his aggressive nature, he is considered a functioning archetype.

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