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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 11 discusses our what?
(a) Perception of reality.
(b) Fantasies.
(c) Parents' expectations.
(d) Sleeping patterns.

2. Margaret Mead points out that we have labeled the Oedipal issue as a _______________.
(a) Negative.
(b) Valid response.
(c) Success.
(d) Ridiculous behavior.

3. Which two psychologists believe that the contacts between infant and mother produce a "deep libidinal pleasure"?
(a) Piaget and Spock.
(b) Jung and Adler.
(c) Skinner and Sullivan.
(d) Freud and Erikson.

4. Why does Viorst think some people fear success?
(a) They fear the responsibility that comes with success.
(b) They fear retaliation from siblings.
(c) They fear being more successful than the opposite sex parent.
(d) They fear punishment from the rival parent.

5. In the anecdote about the holy man painting a portrait for a king, who ends up being revealed in the painting?
(a) The king.
(b) The king's daughter.
(c) The king's wife.
(d) The holy man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Viorst states that what kind of parents are sexually attracted to their child?

2. As children, Viorst thinks we test reality with what?

3. Which famous author's daughter suddenly died at the age of 24?

4. By consolidating our own "inner law enforcer or superego," we can resolve what in a healthy way?

5. According to Chapter 7, girls have to give up more of what than boys in outgrowing their Oedipus complex?

(see the answer key)

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