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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. A man's female sub-personality is called the _____.

2. What does the Weakling Prince lack?

3. In archetypal psychology, what must die for a young man to mature?

4. Why does the Coward become the Grandstander Bully?

5. The Precocious Child is prone to _____ activity.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Invocation?

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

5. Why is the Weakling the contrast of the Tyrant?

6. Why is the Magician considered powerful?

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

8. What defined rites of passage in ancient times?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the conditions that would cause the Divine Child to transform into his shadow sides, the Highchair Tyrant or the Weakling Prince? How and why does this happen?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss whether the author's suggestions for correcting this crisis are feasible or not. Can it be done simply by man's realization of its true nature? Are there other challenges that are beyond man's control? What else is needed for this correction?

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