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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Drugs, communing with nature, religious experiences, and meditation are all ways in which people seek to what?
(a) Reach a higher level of awareness.
(b) Bridge the loss of oneness with our mother.
(c) Fit in and find acceptance with others.
(d) Escape from the stress of everyday life.

2. What happens when children see their mothers as all good or all bad?
(a) They shun perfect and evil people alike, looking for complete mediocrity in the perfect mate.
(b) They form a very close relationship with their fathers.
(c) They compare everyone they meet to their mothers.
(d) They split from relationships their whole life because they think in terms of black and white.

3. According to Viorst, what is one of our first treasures that we don't want to share?
(a) Our mother's milk.
(b) Our mother's love.
(c) Our father's love.
(d) Our special blanket.

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

5. Viorst states, "All of us, to some degree, are _______________."
(a) Bisexual.
(b) Homosexual.
(c) Asexual.
(d) Primarily sexual.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what do babies need?

2. Why does Viorst think some people fear success?

3. When the child decides to replace the hostility towards the new sibling with some other activity, it is referred to as what?

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

5. Winnicott argues that denying _____ prevents "the developing child from facing and learning to tolerate" this emotion in themselves.

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