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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Crisis in Masculine Ritual Process and Masculine Potentials.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The authors detail military enlistment, gangs, and crime as modern day ______.
(a) Pastimes.
(b) Professions.
(c) Vacations.
(d) Rites of passage.

2. Whom are archetypes meant to represent?
(a) Gods.
(b) Women.
(c) Both men and women.
(d) Animals.

3. For a complete initiation process, the boys must be separated from ______.
(a) Women.
(b) Other boys.
(c) Men.
(d) Technology.

4. What have the authors observed young men being forced to do without a ritual elder?
(a) Appoint one themselves.
(b) Stay boys forever.
(c) Start a new regime.
(d) Find their own way.

5. Why was the type of psychology discussed in this book popular at the time of publishing?
(a) Self-help books were very popular as well.
(b) The crime rate among young men was high.
(c) There were fewer books being published.
(d) An economic crisis was occurring.

Short Answer Questions

1. The authors believe that gangs and crime indulge _____ behavior in young men.

2. What do Moore and Gillette claim happens in a young man's development without an initiation?

3. In conclusion of their discussions of initiation, the authors stress that the most important element of a young man's initiation is _____.

4. Classically, initiations are a ______ ritual.

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

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