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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Escaping to an earlier stage of development in an effort to deal with socially unacceptable feelings toward a new sibling is called what?
(a) Avoidance.
(b) Regression.
(c) Escapism.
(d) Two steps back.

3. How does Viorst describe the first loss we experience as humans?
(a) Launch of independence.
(b) First separation.
(c) New beginning.
(d) Original loss.

4. The first sentence of Chapter 1 states that, "Life begins with _______."
(a) Love.
(b) Loss.
(c) Crying.
(d) Birth.

5. According to Chapter 7, our adult sexuality is in response to what?
(a) The messages media convey.
(b) Oedipal conflicts.
(c) Libidinal conflicts.
(d) Our religious upbringing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Viorst, siblings destroy our dream of what?

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

4. What Christmas gift caused Brooke Hayward so much anguish when asked if her little sister could play with it?

5. What is one of the necessary losses discussed in Chapter 3?

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