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Judith Viorst

Necessary Losses | Quiz

Judith Viorst
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Necessary Losses | Quiz

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1)

There are _______ unanswered questions about the innate differences between the sexes. (from Chapter 8)

Flimsy.
Fifty.
Few.
Many.
2)

Who was Viorst describing when she said they fought death like a championship game? (from Chapter 19)

Her mother.
Her sister, Lois.
Her friend, Ruth.
Her husband, Cecil.
3)

At what age do we develop the superego? (from Chapter 9)

Five.
Eighteen.
Thirteen.
Twenty-five.
4)

Some primitive tribes have allowed their men to express what sort of envy? (from Chapter 8)

Motherhood envy.
Breast envy.
Creative envy.
Womb envy.
5)

What is the name of the philosopher who said, "Man is the being who is capable of becoming guilty and is capable of illuminating his guilt"? (from Chapter 9)

Dallas Willard.
John Locke.
Martin Buber.
Friedrich Nietzsche.
6)

According to Chapter 11, we sometimes fear that our fantasies can do what? (from Chapter 11)

Change us.
Have the power to control reality.
Reveal the sick, depraved person we really are.
Make us mean.
7)

How many stages are there in the journey towards death according to Kubler-Ross? (from Chapter 19)

Two.
Ten.
Three.
Five.
8)

According to Chapter 20, Viorst is living on what to beat her middle-aged spread? (from Chapter 20)

Weight Watchers.
NutriSystem.
Lean Cuisine.
Grapefruit.
9)

"It is __________ to grow up." (from Chapter 10)

Exciting.
Fun.
Depressing.
Tough.
10)

According to Chapter 9, what feeling could be fear of the loss of our own love? (from Chapter 9)

Anxiety.
Hatred.
Guilt.
Shame.
11)

What does the father in the poem referenced in Chapter 14 finally conclude? (from Chapter 14)

That his children will just grow up and go away.
That he never should have had children.
That he can indeed protect his children.
That he must let his children go.
12)

As children, Viorst thinks we test reality with what? (from Chapter 11)

Wishful thinking.
Our actions.
Daydreaming.
Our pretend play.
13)

When we allow some person or group to stand in place of our own conscience, this leads to what? (from Chapter 9)

Unconscious guilt.
Deficient guilt.
Indiscriminate guilt.
Dependent guilt.
14)

What is it called when someone keeps everything just the same after someone dies? (from Chapter 16)

Mummification.
Untouched grief.
Creepy.
Museumification.
15)

In the study discussed in Chapter 8, how many school children were asked how their lives would be different if they woke up the next morning as the opposite sex? (from Chapter 8)

300.
50.
982.
2,000.
16)

Men pursue ______________; women yearn for _______________. (from Chapter 13)

Autonomy; intimacy.
Deep relationships; one night stands.
Excitement; safety.
Sex; cuddling.
17)

In what form of internalization do we take on aspects of those we have loved? (from Chapter 16)

Identification.
Chameleonization.
Personification.
Depression.
18)

What was the name of the married woman with four children, mentioned in Chapter 12, who formed a non-sexual friendship with another man? (from Chapter 12)

Evelyn.
Dorothy.
Lucy.
Elizabeth.
19)

Chapter 18 refers to which famous character as the ultimate retiree? (from Chapter 18)

Romeo.
King Lear.
Hamlet.
Oedipus.
20)

Who said the following? "Now she is aware of some of the losses you incur by being here -- the extraordinary rent you have to pay as long as you stay." (from Chapter 20)

Emily Dickinson.
Annie Dillard.
George Eliot.
Virginia Woolf.
21)

Henry David Thoreau's little isolated cabin was how far from his mother's house? (from Chapter 10)

Ten miles.
One day on a horse.
One state away.
One mile.
22)

Viorst quotes this book, written by Kathrin Perutz, in Chapter 13. (from Chapter 13)

Marriage is Hell.
The Most Complicated Relationship.
I Hate You, Too.
Heaven on Earth.
23)

"Reality testing" means what? (from Chapter 11)

That we should just stay with our parents.
That we go to college and experiment.
That wishing doesn't make it so.
That we try different roles in order to become an adult.
24)

According to Chapter 13, there can be no human love without what? (from Chapter 13)

Fear.
A caring parental relationship.
Ambivalence.
Passion and romance.
25)

The Cinderella Complex says that women are programmed for what? (from Chapter 8)

Dependency.
Being a maid.
Motherhood.
Helplessness.
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