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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A capacity to feel pleasure in the pleasures of other people is an example of what?
(a) Pleasure transfer.
(b) Self-awareness.
(c) Ego transcendence.
(d) Empathy.

2. Levinson calls a mid-life crisis what?
(a) A questioning of everything.
(b) Mid-life Transition.
(c) Forty and Fabulous.
(d) Middle Age Panic.

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

4. Viorst thinks about development as a lifelong series of what?
(a) Disappointments.
(b) Necessary losses.
(c) Setbacks.
(d) Changes.

5. Viorst says, "Losing is the price we pay for __________."
(a) Living.
(b) Being human.
(c) Winning.
(d) Loving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first phase of mourning discussed in Chapter 16?

2. According to Viorst, in middle age we inspire far less ________ than we do ___________.

3. Simone de Beauvoir once said, "Old age is life's ___________."

4. Who was Viorst describing when she said they fought death like a championship game?

5. Who else, besides mothers, links separation and danger?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does our focus shift in middle age to discovering our family's history?

2. What does Freud say about religious thoughts of an afterlife?

3. What can happen as a result of a mother's fear that her child's psyche is fragile? How can this affect the child?

4. What are a few of the difficulties of a marriage relationship mentioned in Chapter 13?

5. According to the book, when does the way we will handle aging begin?

6. According to Freud, is it unusual to have sexual feelings toward friends? How does this impact our friendships with the opposite sex?

7. According to the book, why are friends so important?

8. What are some of the different types of loss and mourning discussed in Chapter 16? Do we experience them all in the same way?

9. Viorst suggests two necessary losses in Chapter 14. Name one of them.

10. What types of unexpected emotions can we feel towards friends? How do they impact our friendships?

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