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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author state that extended separation from a mother can cause a child?
(a) Pain and permanent damage.
(b) A sense of independence.
(c) A good chance to socialize with other people.
(d) Hunger.

2. When a mother rejects a child's need for dependence and pushes them out of the nest too soon, what can happen?
(a) We crash to the ground.
(b) We adapt, or crumple, or compromise.
(c) We scream, or cry, or get angry.
(d) We grow amazingly strong wings.

3. According to Viorst, what are we all striving to be?
(a) A narcissist.
(b) A separate self.
(c) A well-adjusted adult.
(d) Someone who makes our mother proud.

4. Which well-known psychologist noted that if a child can fight a sibling and win, he becomes a fighter. However, if he is not allowed to win, he will often not compete later in life?
(a) Alfred Adler.
(b) Lev Vygotsky.
(c) Erik Erikson.
(d) Jean Piaget.

5. According to Viorst, grown-up love must begin with what?
(a) Two grown adults.
(b) A mature understanding of self.
(c) An ability to forgive others.
(d) The separation of self from the other.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By consolidating our own "inner law enforcer or superego," we can resolve what in a healthy way?

3. According to the author, absence makes the heart grow _____________.

4. Chapter 1 concludes by stating that the yearning to restore the bliss of mother-child oneness is _____________________.

5. How does Viorst purport that we form an identification of "I"?

(see the answer key)

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