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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Henry David Thoreau's little isolated cabin was how far from his mother's house?
(a) Ten miles.
(b) One state away.
(c) One day on a horse.
(d) One mile.

2. Men pursue ______________; women yearn for _______________.
(a) Sex; cuddling.
(b) Excitement; safety.
(c) Autonomy; intimacy.
(d) Deep relationships; one night stands.

3. After fantasizing about her mother having a fatal heart attack, a woman drove up to her mother's apartment building to find what?
(a) Her mother's upstairs neighbor being loaded into an ambulance.
(b) Her mother being loaded into an ambulance.
(c) A fire and fire truck.
(d) Everyone having a block party.

4. During the age of latency, fear, anger, and harsh conscience make it difficult to do what?
(a) Maintain a good relationship with our parents.
(b) Make the break from our parents.
(c) Concentrate on school.
(d) Develop into our own person.

5. What Christmas gift caused Brooke Hayward so much anguish when asked if her little sister could play with it?
(a) A set of artist's paints.
(b) A bike.
(c) A pair of roller skates.
(d) A dollhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 5 states that even an average mother is perceived by a child as _____________.

2. What sort of thing did Selena's children no longer want her to do when they separated?

3. When a mother rejects a child's need for dependence and pushes them out of the nest too soon, what can happen?

4. According to Chapter 9, how do we eventually resolve the Oedipus complex?

5. What happens when children see their mothers as all good or all bad?

(see the answer key)

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