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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Viorst think some people fear success?
(a) They fear punishment from the rival parent.
(b) They fear retaliation from siblings.
(c) They fear being more successful than the opposite sex parent.
(d) They fear the responsibility that comes with success.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Viorst states, "All of us, to some degree, are _______________."

4. The idea that we are all in love with the parent of the opposite sex is known as what?

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

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