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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The idea that we are all in love with the parent of the opposite sex is known as what?
(a) The Oracle complex.
(b) The Electra complex.
(c) The Odysseus complex.
(d) The Oedipus complex.

2. According to Chapter 7, our adult sexuality is in response to what?
(a) The messages media convey.
(b) Oedipal conflicts.
(c) Our religious upbringing.
(d) Libidinal conflicts.

3. Freud said that every dream contains what?
(a) Pain.
(b) A cat.
(c) A wish.
(d) Truth.

4. According to Chapter 7, girls have to give up more of what than boys in outgrowing their Oedipus complex?
(a) More fears.
(b) More people.
(c) More dreams.
(d) More sex.

5. Viorst feels our sexual nature comes from where?
(a) It is formed in our mind.
(b) It is inborn and shaped by our environment.
(c) It comes from the messages around us.
(d) It comes from our DNA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Margaret Mead points out that we have labeled the Oedipal issue as a _______________.

2. What is it called when someone keeps everything just the same after someone dies?

3. According to Chapter 11, we sometimes fear that our fantasies can do what?

4. In the anecdote about the holy man painting a portrait for a king, who ends up being revealed in the painting?

5. According to the book, the conscious daydreams that drift through our minds bring hints to us of what kind of world?

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