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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 7, girls have to give up more of what than boys in outgrowing their Oedipus complex?
(a) More people.
(b) More sex.
(c) More fears.
(d) More dreams.

2. Which character claimed that, "I am a part of all that I have met."
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Orion.
(c) Homer.
(d) Ulysses.

3. Margaret Mead points out that we have labeled the Oedipal issue as a _______________.
(a) Success.
(b) Ridiculous behavior.
(c) Valid response.
(d) Negative.

4. Viorst states that some oneness experiences can go too far and cause what?
(a) Self-annihilation.
(b) Physical injury.
(c) Hatred of oneself.
(d) Self-preservation.

5. What two feelings battle each other at every stage of development?
(a) Our desire for love versus our desire to be loved.
(b) Our desire for freedom versus our desire for protection.
(c) Our desire to please our mother versus our desire to please ourselves.
(d) Our desire to learn versus our desire to have fun.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Some children develop a false self from what type of parenting?

3. What does the author state that extended separation from a mother can cause a child?

4. What does Viorst explain we are trying to accomplish when we try to "undo' the separation from our mother?

5. According to Viorst, what is one of our first treasures that we don't want to share?

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