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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miller uses the story of a girl who met and broke up with several boys in one morning to illustrate his points about girls. How many boys did this girl talk to in this story?
(a) Three
(b) Five.
(c) Too many to count.
(d) None.

2. In Chapter 9, Miller describes a story of watching a girl who met and broke up with several girls. What is the setting of the meetings between this girl and the boys?
(a) Coffee shop.
(b) Laundromat.
(c) Restaurant.
(d) Park.

3. What does protecting the value of sex as part of commitment save, according to Miller?
(a) A person's morality.
(b) A person's life.
(c) A person's future.
(d) A person's family.

4. Which of the following is an important characteristic of becoming a man, according to Miller?
(a) Time and life experiences.
(b) Making good decisions and taking responsiblity for one's decisions.
(c) Believing in God and attending church.
(d) Making mistakes and learning from these mistakes.

5. Which of the following does not help Miller make successful and wise decisions?
(a) Breaking goals into steps.
(b) Following through on the steps.
(c) Willpower alone.
(d) Developing goals.

6. Miller believes not having a father figure affects what part of a young man's life?
(a) Ability to communicate with his family and friends.
(b) His physical health.
(c) His relationships with women.
(d) Logical reasoning in a man's mind.

7. What kinds of decisions should young men make, according to Miller?
(a) No decisions.
(b) Wise decisions.
(c) Slow decisions.
(d) Hasty decisions.

8. Who should man work to please, according to MacMurray?
(a) God.
(b) His family.
(c) His friends.
(d) Himself.

9. Initially, Miller assumes that work is God's punishment of people. Why?
(a) God does not punish people.
(b) For the right to be Christians.
(c) For the people who are lazy and do not want to work.
(d) It's punishment for mankind's sinful nature.

10. Miller believes a famous person he saw interviewed is example of _____________?
(a) A callused heart toward sin.
(b) God's ability to forgive people who sin.
(c) A person who does not have to pay for their sins.
(d) A person who raised without a father.

11. In the book, "Wild at Heart', what is the wound left in a man's soul by the absence of a father referred to as?
(a) "Hole in the up of a man's soul."
(b) "Father wound."
(c) Scar tissue.
(d) There is no term for this.

12. Which of the following is not an important step of learning to make decisions?
(a) Stop being reactionary.
(b) React before you think.
(c) Act deliberately.
(d) Think before you speak.

13. Miller believes that sex is never simply what type of response?
(a) A biological response.
(b) An emotional response.
(c) An enjoyable response.
(d) An aggressive response.

14. In the story of a woman who does not return correct change for a purchase, what is equated with a callused heart?
(a) Heart surgery.
(b) Sin.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Being unlovable.

15. Why does Miller date girls?
(a) Because he likes girls.
(b) Validation for his ego.
(c) Miller did not like to date girls.
(d) To prove he was a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Miller is able to find a men's Bible study group, what happens?

2. Which of the following is not a true statement about work according to MacMurray?

3. Which of the following men taught chess to boys to teach them decision-making skills?

4. One of Miller's friends tells Miller about real love. What does Miller's friends state is a core characteristic of real love?

5. When Miller observes the girl breaking up with several boys, what is he doing?

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