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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 7 what might an orphan turn to when disappointed?
(a) Books and solitude.
(b) Large crowds of people.
(c) Drugs, alcohol, bad relationship habits.
(d) A depression hotline.

2. According to Pearson, how many archetypes operate in a person's consciousness?
(a) Only 2.
(b) All of them.
(c) Just one.
(d) 20.

3. What is the topic of Chapter 2?
(a) Multiple personality.
(b) The ego.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) The soul.

4. According to Pearson, what is the part of people that has instinctual desires?
(a) Yin.
(b) Illiad.
(c) Id.
(d) Ego.

5. At a higher level, what does Pearson say two orphans can do?
(a) Destroy each other.
(b) Become cruel to others.
(c) Make fun of others not like them.
(d) Take care of each other.

6. What, according to Pearson, can lead people to a profound sense of abandonment?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Bad choices.
(d) Depression.

7. Which philosophical standpoint is based on the idea that God has abandoned man?
(a) Realism.
(b) Existentialism.
(c) Orphanism.
(d) Genre.

8. What, according to Pearson, is established by personality types of the Innocent, the Orphan, the Caregiver, and the Warrior?
(a) Heart.
(b) Ego.
(c) Hero.
(d) Soul.

9. Where does Pearson say that both self and soul rest?
(a) In the heart.
(b) In the soul.
(c) In the ego.
(d) In the mind.

10. What reason does Pearson give for adolescents rebelling?
(a) To cause trouble.
(b) Because of media influence.
(c) To become independent.
(d) They hate their parents.

11. What does the book call a person who has the courage and determination to confront and carry out their life's journey?
(a) Main character.
(b) Leader.
(c) Subject.
(d) Hero.

12. Which archetype does Pearson describe as the most disturbing one, but also is also the one that can cause an initiation into the mysteries of the Soul?
(a) Fool.
(b) Ruler.
(c) Destroyer.
(d) Seeker.

13. Which archetype does Pearson say eliminates a person's old ways of living and makes way for new thinking?
(a) Warrior.
(b) Ruler.
(c) Destroyer.
(d) Trickster.

14. Who wrote "The Rebel"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Cashius Clay.
(c) Albert Camus.
(d) Ghandi.

15. From its negative side, which archetype does Pearson say can make people into heartless criminals?
(a) Warrior.
(b) Ruler.
(c) Destroyer.
(d) Trickster.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Pearson, which archetype seems to have extra energy?

2. Which archetype does Pearson say exhibits a childlike trust?

3. Which is NOT one of the four basic archetypes discussed in Chapter 9?

4. Considering Pearson's theory, in which journey does the caregiver participate?

5. Which archetype, according to Pearson, expresses a human's deepest desires?

(see the answer keys)

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