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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "To be a man, a woman, an adult, is to accept responsibility"?
(a) Victor Hugo
(b) Jean Valjean
(c) Sigmund Freud
(d) Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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

3. The following headline ran in what paper? "HER OUTSIDE PREOCCUPATION CAN LEAVE HIM ISOLATED AT TIME OF MORE LEISURE"
(a) The Chicago Tribune.
(b) The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The New York Times.

4. Viorst feels that only through _____________ can "our loss be transcended."
(a) Life.
(b) Learning.
(c) Grief.
(d) Love.

5. According to Viorst, "A new dream will arise when we begin to have our babies..." What is it?
(a) The dream of creating an amazing and perfect human.
(b) The dream of them becoming successful.
(c) The dream of keeping them safe from harm.
(d) The dream of them moving out and going to college.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are what number of friendships that Viorst labels in Chapter 12?

2. According to Viorst, we not only try to re-live the good experiences from our past, but also seek to re-create the bad ones in an effort to do what?

3. What is the key achievement of mid-life according to Viorst?

4. Margaret Mead points out that we have labeled the Oedipal issue as a _______________.

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

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