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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the role of the Dreamer in the Oedipal Child?
(a) He is a muse.
(b) He is a friend.
(c) He is a shadow side.
(d) He is an enemy,

2. Why does the Know-It-All Trickster enjoy playing practical jokes?
(a) To find his intellectual equal.
(b) To pass the time.
(c) To laugh at others' naiveté.
(d) To enlighten people.

3. What role does the Weakling Prince play in the Divine Child?
(a) He is a trusted advisor.
(b) He is a shadow side.
(c) He is his conscience.
(d) He isn't involved.

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

5. What do the authors hope is the correction of this male crisis?
(a) Strong public figures.
(b) Women's empowerment.
(c) An internal blueprint in men.
(d) Harsher laws.

6. The Divine Child becomes:
(a) The Warrior.
(b) The Magician.
(c) The King.
(d) The Lover.

7. The authors believe there is a _______ desire in humans to develop a structured identity.
(a) Forbidden.
(b) Fundamental.
(c) Lack of.
(d) Repressed.

8. What were cave paintings meant to illustrate?
(a) Excellent painting technique.
(b) The primitive initiation rituals.
(c) The history of the culture.
(d) The best ways to hunt.

9. What do Jungians believe that the Divine Child is the source of?
(a) Life.
(b) Evil.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Creativity.

10. Classically, initiations are a ______ ritual.
(a) Extensive.
(b) Public.
(c) Contained.
(d) Short.

11. When is the Divine Child exhibited in the male psyche?
(a) When he is in a state of creativity and rebirth.
(b) When he is given a compliment.
(c) When he is angry at an unjust action.
(d) When He changes his surroundings.

12. What is the role of the Dummy in the Precocious Child?
(a) He is his conscience.
(b) He is a shadow side.
(c) He is a friend of the Know-It-All Trickster.
(d) He is not connected to the Precocious Child.

13. The authors believe that gangs and crime indulge _____ behavior in young men.
(a) Selfish.
(b) Violent.
(c) Creative.
(d) Loving.

14. What is the key element of the ritual process Moore and Gillette believe that modern day young men lack?
(a) A ritual elder.
(b) A sacred space.
(c) A desire to mature.
(d) Caves.

15. The Mama's Boy is always in search of the perfect ______.
(a) Mother.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Family.
(d) Father.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the negative conditions youth experience today, what pattern do the authors see developing in young people?

2. The Precocious Child is prone to _____ activity.

3. What defines the Precocious Child?

4. There are pleasures and ______ that accompany manhood.

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

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