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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which famous author wrote this about the loss of his cherished wife: "The first plunge of the knife into the flesh is felt again and again"?
(a) C.S. Lewis.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) J.R.R. Tolkien.
(d) Victor Hugo.

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

3. According to a psychologist in Chapter 13, husbands and wives are each other's what?
(a) Greatest lovers.
(b) Coping mechanism.
(c) Intimate enemies.
(d) Best friends.

4. During the age of latency, fear, anger, and harsh conscience make it difficult to do what?
(a) Maintain a good relationship with our parents.
(b) Make the break from our parents.
(c) Develop into our own person.
(d) Concentrate on school.

5. Freud said that every dream contains what?
(a) A cat.
(b) Truth.
(c) Pain.
(d) A wish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else, besides mothers, links separation and danger?

2. Mrs. C slept in the same bed as her mother until she was how old?

3. Sigmund Freud once said, "When you meet a human being, the first distinction you make is ______________?"

4. The idea that we are all in love with the parent of the opposite sex is known as what?

5. When a mother rejects a child's need for dependence and pushes them out of the nest too soon, what can happen?

(see the answer key)

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