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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the example of a woman dreaming of a German Nazi officer, she is really associating with what?
(a) Her overbearing mother urging her to eat in Yiddish.
(b) The police man who gave her a ticket earlier in the day.
(c) Her cruel boss demanding she work overtime.
(d) Her controlling husband forbidding her to go out.

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

3. 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"?
(a) C.S. Lewis.
(b) Victor Hugo.
(c) J.R.R. Tolkien.
(d) Charles Dickens.

4. By consolidating our own "inner law enforcer or superego," we can resolve what in a healthy way?
(a) Our fear of authority.
(b) The inadequate feelings of childhood.
(c) The Oedipus complex.
(d) Our fear of abandoment.

5. "Reality testing" means what?
(a) That wishing doesn't make it so.
(b) That we try different roles in order to become an adult.
(c) That we should just stay with our parents.
(d) That we go to college and experiment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 16, Viorst quotes which psychologist who wrote the book Loss?

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

4. According to Chapter 11, what is built of imperfect connections?

5. In what form of internalization do we take on aspects of those we have loved?

(see the answer key)

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