1. Even as adults, according to the author, we still view our mothers as what?
(a) As our biggest fan.
(b) As our safety net.
(c) As our greatest critic.
(d) As our dearest friend.

2. According to Freud, when does the age of latency occur?
(a) 18-21 years old.
(b) 7-10 years old.
(c) 13-18 years old.
(d) 3-5 years old.

3. Which sex tends to have only superficial relationships?
(a) Men who were abused or abandoned as children.
(b) Men.
(c) Both.
(d) Women.

4. In this book, mentioned in Chapter 12, it is stated that despite sexual feelings toward friends of the same sex, individuals need not necessarily define themselves as "homosexual." What is the name of the book?
(a) My Friend Pat.
(b) Intimacy and Friendship Through College.
(c) Friends and Lovers in the College Years.
(d) Friends and Lovers for Life.

5. Some children develop a false self from what type of parenting?
(a) Uninvolved parenting.
(b) Imaginative parenting.
(c) Strict parenting.
(d) Over-protective parenting.

Short Answer Questions

1. The following verse is from what poem? "And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns, About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home, In the sun that is young once only, Time let me play and be..."

2. Friends and intimate partners are considered what?

3. At the end of Chapter 8, Margaret Mead uses what type of profession in her analogy about accepting what we were born with?

4. According to Viorst, the different roles we assign ourselves keep life interesting and fluid, rather than _____________.

5. Some primitive tribes have allowed their men to express what sort of envy?

(see the answer key)

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