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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What role does the Know-It-All Trickster play in the Precocious Child?

3. What is the role of the Dreamer in the Oedipal Child?

4. What do the authors believe forces archetypes to go awry?

5. The High Chair Tyrant evolves into a(n) ______ male.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Lover in such great need of the other archetypes?

2. What do the authors claim is the cause of this crisis in the male psyche?

3. How is the Addict a shadow side of the Lover?

4. How do the Denying Innocent One and the Manipulator compare?

5. Why is the Masochist a shadow of the Warrior?

6. What do the authors claim defines rites of passage in modern times?

7. How do the authors think a man can become fully functioning?

8. What human needs do the Magician and Lover fulfill?

9. What do the authors believe is the nature of a young man's ascension without a ritual elder?

10. Why do Jungians believe that there is hope for a resolution in archetypes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how aiding to humanity through archetypes can affect society and civilization.

Essay Topic 2

The authors stress that no single archetype can fully function alone. Discuss why these archetypes would be dysfunctional independently within a man and how integrating all of them creates a fully-fledged male.

Essay Topic 3

What are the conditions that would cause the Lover to transform into his shadow sides, the Addict or the Impotent Lover? How and why does this happen?

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