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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As adults, we are able to see ourselves as in control, not as ___________.
(a) Children.
(b) Aggressors.
(c) Victims.
(d) Mental patients.

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

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

4. How did Viorst fantasize about taking care of the bully who was bothering her son?
(a) Shoving him in front of a truck.
(b) Shooting him.
(c) Holding him up against a tree until he promised not to do it anymore.
(d) Talking to his parents.

5. In what form of internalization do we take on aspects of those we have loved?
(a) Chameleonization.
(b) Identification.
(c) Personification.
(d) Depression.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Viorst feels that in adulthood we may seek out the wanted parent in an effort to do what?

4. 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"?

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

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