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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Reality testing" means what?
(a) That we go to college and experiment.
(b) That wishing doesn't make it so.
(c) That we try different roles in order to become an adult.
(d) That we should just stay with our parents.

2. Viorst feels that in adulthood we may seek out the wanted parent in an effort to do what?
(a) Make the other parent jealous.
(b) Put an end to the inappropriate feelings once and for all.
(c) Win the battle over the other parent.
(d) Work through the feelings of childhood.

3. What is the first phase of mourning discussed in Chapter 16?
(a) Shock.
(b) Renewed hope.
(c) Endless crying.
(d) Hatred of the person who left us.

4. Why does Viorst think some people fear success?
(a) They fear retaliation from siblings.
(b) They fear being more successful than the opposite sex parent.
(c) They fear the responsibility that comes with success.
(d) They fear punishment from the rival parent.

5. In the example of a woman dreaming of a German Nazi officer, she is really associating with what?
(a) Her cruel boss demanding she work overtime.
(b) Her overbearing mother urging her to eat in Yiddish.
(c) Her controlling husband forbidding her to go out.
(d) The police man who gave her a ticket earlier in the day.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the anecdote about the holy man painting a portrait for a king, who ends up being revealed in the painting?

2. Margaret Mead points out that we have labeled the Oedipal issue as a _______________.

3. According to Chapter 7, girls have to give up more of what than boys in outgrowing their Oedipus complex?

4. By consolidating our own "inner law enforcer or superego," we can resolve what in a healthy way?

5. As children, Viorst thinks we test reality with what?

(see the answer key)

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