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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to Chapter 9, how do we eventually resolve the Oedipus complex?
(a) Through guilt.
(b) Through punishment and shame.
(c) By becoming adults.
(d) Through our conscience.
2. When a mother rejects a child's need for dependence and pushes them out of the nest too soon, what can happen?
(a) We crash to the ground.
(b) We grow amazingly strong wings.
(c) We scream, or cry, or get angry.
(d) We adapt, or crumple, or compromise.
3. What two feelings battle each other at every stage of development?
(a) Our desire for freedom versus our desire for protection.
(b) Our desire for love versus our desire to be loved.
(c) Our desire to please our mother versus our desire to please ourselves.
(d) Our desire to learn versus our desire to have fun.
4. What does Viorst explain we are trying to accomplish when we try to "undo' the separation from our mother?
(a) Vying for our father's affection.
(b) Seeking the unconditional love of our mother's arms.
(c) Learning to accept and love ourselves.
(d) Proving we are competent individuals.
5. Sibling rivalry tends to do what as we get older?
(a) Intensify.
(b) Increase.
(c) Diminish.
(d) Disappear.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Chapter 7, our adult sexuality is in response to what?
2. According to Chapter 7, what destroys the innocence of the family bond?
3. Why does Viorst think some people fear success?
4. What is the name of the personality that evolves when a child cannot trust their own feelings and takes on the personality traits of others?
5. According to Viorst, what are we all striving to be?
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