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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. According to MacMurray, how does a person learn to not feel guilt when doing bad things?
(a) A person is born with the ability to not feel guilty.
(b) A person starts with telling the little lies and half-truths.
(c) A person chooses to do wrong things.
(d) A person's parents teach him to not feel guilty.

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

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

4. In Chapter 10, Miller tells the story of giving a talk. Where does Miller give his talk?
(a) At a church youth group meeting.
(b) At a fraternity house.
(c) At a nursing home.
(d) To a group of high school students.

5. What usually happens after Miller begins to date a woman?
(a) She loses her attraction.
(b) They become engaged.
(c) They fight and break up.
(d) She falls in love with Miller.

Short Answer Questions

1. According the audience who listened to Miller give his talk, what happens to men who "take a moral high ground"?

2. In Chapter 10, the men who listen to Miller present his talk question ________________?

3. What organization did Miller join in order to develop his idea of manhood?

4. Why does Miller believe he knows very little about girls?

5. What kinds of decisions should young men make, according to Miller?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, work is defined as honorable and spiritual. What does this mean?

2. Miller learns to play chess from a friend. He also tells a story about a man, Salome Thomas-El teaching boys from a ghetto to play chess. He sees a connection between playing chess and life for young men raised without fathers. What is this connection?

3. According to Miller and MacMurray, how does sin start?

4. In Chapter 11, the author focuses on the importance of reading as a significant skill for success in life. What does he say?

5. In Chapter 9, Girls, Miller asserts that growing up without a father has left him poorly prepared to be in a relationship. Why is this surprising?

6. According to Miller, what does saying no to sex have in common with protecting the value of the American dollar?

7. In Chapter 12, Miller examines work ethic with several stories. What are characteristics of a good work ethic according to Miller?

8. As an adult, Miller often found himself having difficulty fitting in with the men in his church and life, particularly in his Bible study class. What did he think the problem was?

9. Many people, including the famous Dr. Alfred Kinsey, have researched sex. What have we learned from these sex researchers?

10. In Chapter 10, Miller makes a presentation to a fraternity on the topic of sex. What do these men suggest the consequences are for young men who decide to "live a moral high ground"?

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