Necessary Losses Test | Final Test - Easy

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Necessary Losses Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the father in the poem referenced in Chapter 14 finally conclude?
(a) That he must let his children go.
(b) That he can indeed protect his children.
(c) That he never should have had children.
(d) That his children will just grow up and go away.

2. Which three fictional characters discussed in the book does Viorst specifically mention in Chapter 20?
(a) Hamlet, Oedipus, Owen Meany
(b) Emma Bovary, Alex Portnoy, Ivan Ilych
(c) Margaret, Alex Portnoy, King Lear
(d) Holden Caulfield, Hamlet, Marlow

3. Who else, besides mothers, links separation and danger?
(a) Aunts.
(b) Grandmothers.
(c) Fathers.
(d) Nannies.

4. In Chapter 14, Viorst lists what about her hometown?
(a) How the different relationships impact the town.
(b) A list of families and their children's tragic choices.
(c) The various houses she lived in.
(d) The best places to eat.

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

6. What sort of thing did Selena's children no longer want her to do when they separated?
(a) Make a Travel Book.
(b) Leave a note on their dresser.
(c) Hire a babysitter.
(d) Set out their clothes.

7. What are the names of Viorst's three sons?
(a) Tony, John, and Robert
(b) Michael, William, and Henry
(c) Anthony, Nicholas, and Alexander
(d) Shannon, Scott, and Brian

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

9. What famous author's memoir entitled Speak, Memory does Viorst reference at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Leo Tolstoy
(b) Vladimir Nabokov
(c) Frank McCourt
(d) James Joyce

10. Name the foiled romantic in Flaubert's Madame Bovary.
(a) Soline.
(b) Jane.
(c) Emma.
(d) Elizabeth.

11. According to Lillian Rubin, the sexual difference between men and women leads to what in a marriage relationship?
(a) Superficial friendship.
(b) Separation and divorce.
(c) Intimate strangers.
(d) A perfect partnership.

12. How did Cecil and Julia Saunders die?
(a) They died in a car accident.
(b) Someone broke into their house and killed them.
(c) Their plane crashed on the way to their granddaughter's wedding.
(d) They shot themselves.

13. Simone de Beauvoir once said, "Old age is life's ___________."
(a) Cruel joke.
(b) Final act.
(c) Parody.
(d) Swan song.

14. A man in his forties confessed to Viorst that he reviewed his life insurance policy after he was diagnosed with what?
(a) Gout.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Tennis elbow.

15. Which recent development does Viorst think is a positive new step toward good death?
(a) Increased suicides of cancer patients.
(b) The hospice movement.
(c) Doctor assisted death.
(d) Hospital good-byes.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 13, there can be no human love without what?

2. Which famous author wrote this about the loss of his cherished wife: "The first plunge of the knife into the flesh is felt again and again"?

3. Parents have trouble seeing their children as what?

4. Viorst's poem, "I bring the children one more glass of water," is about what?

5. Who said, "In erotic love, two people who were separate become one. In motherly love, two people who were one become separate."

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