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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. In an initiation, the ritual space is considered _______.
(a) Sacred.
(b) Turbulent.
(c) Arbitrary.
(d) Fictional.

2. How far back does male initiation span?
(a) Pre-historic times.
(b) It is a recent development.
(c) The early 19th century.
(d) Cro-Magnon man.

3. The authors note that the modern-day prevalence of gangs and fracturing of families has had what effect on youth?
(a) Made them more creative.
(b) Injured their psyches.
(c) Made them stronger.
(d) Forced them to grow up fast.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the type of psychology discussed in this book popular at the time of publishing?

2. A point of "Boy Psychology and Man Psychology" is that a mature male pattern is a _____ to a young man's development.

3. In classic rites of passage, what are the young men supposed to do in the jungle?

4. How do the Know-It-All Trickster and the Dummy interact?

5. What does the Weakling Prince lack?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do these archetypes need to coexist in a boy for him to develop into a man?

2. Why are the Mama's Boy and the Dreamer disappointed as adults?

3. What defined rites of passage in ancient times?

4. Why is the Divine Child considered the source of life?

5. Why do the authors feel modern rites of passage don't reflect true men or society?

6. Why is the Sadist a shadow of the Warrior?

7. Why does the Grandstander Bully act as he does?

8. Why is the Warrior a sometimes repressed archetype?

9. According to the authors, what are the most important challenges for a man to face?

10. Is the Lover selfish or selfless?

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