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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sibling rivalry tends to do what as we get older?
(a) Intensify.
(b) Diminish.
(c) Disappear.
(d) Increase.

2. According to Viorst, we not only try to re-live the good experiences from our past, but also seek to re-create the bad ones in an effort to do what?
(a) In an effort to assess how we performed.
(b) In an effort to torture ourselves.
(c) In an effort to rehearse for the future.
(d) In an effort to correct them.

3. Which character claimed that, "I am a part of all that I have met."
(a) Homer.
(b) Orion.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Odysseus.

4. What does Viorst explain we are trying to accomplish when we try to "undo' the separation from our mother?
(a) Proving we are competent individuals.
(b) Vying for our father's affection.
(c) Learning to accept and love ourselves.
(d) Seeking the unconditional love of our mother's arms.

5. Repression, reaction formation, isolation, and denial are all mechanisms of defense against what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Rivalry.
(c) Anger.
(d) Insecurity.

Short Answer Questions

1. De-identification can help siblings feel superior in different ways, but it can also lead to what negative result?

2. The first sentence of Chapter 1 states that, "Life begins with _______."

3. According to Viorst, siblings destroy our dream of what?

4. According to Chapter 7, our adult sexuality is in response to what?

5. Which two psychologists believe that the contacts between infant and mother produce a "deep libidinal pleasure"?

(see the answer key)

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