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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. What is the first phase of mourning discussed in Chapter 16?
(a) Endless crying.
(b) Renewed hope.
(c) Shock.
(d) Hatred of the person who left us.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 7, our adult sexuality is in response to what?

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

3. Chapter 11 discusses our what?

4. Which two psychologists believe that the contacts between infant and mother produce a "deep libidinal pleasure"?

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

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