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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Charles Dickens.
(c) J.R.R. Tolkien.
(d) Victor Hugo.

2. After fantasizing about her mother having a fatal heart attack, a woman drove up to her mother's apartment building to find what?
(a) Her mother being loaded into an ambulance.
(b) A fire and fire truck.
(c) Everyone having a block party.
(d) Her mother's upstairs neighbor being loaded into an ambulance.

3. Which two psychologists believe that the contacts between infant and mother produce a "deep libidinal pleasure"?
(a) Skinner and Sullivan.
(b) Jung and Adler.
(c) Piaget and Spock.
(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 punishment from the rival parent.
(d) They fear being more successful than the opposite sex parent.

5. Viorst feels that in adulthood we may seek out the wanted parent in an effort to do what?
(a) Make the other parent jealous.
(b) Work through the feelings of childhood.
(c) Win the battle over the other parent.
(d) Put an end to the inappropriate feelings once and for all.

Short Answer Questions

1. Viorst feels our sexual nature comes from where?

2. Chapter 11 discusses our what?

3. How did Viorst fantasize about taking care of the bully who was bothering her son?

4. According to Chapter 7, what destroys the innocence of the family bond?

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

(see the answer key)

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