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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the necessary losses discussed in Chapter 3?
(a) To give up on being one with our mother.
(b) To give up the many identities we try out.
(c) To give up on the idea that we are independent beings.
(d) To give up our need for control.

2. Viorst feels our sexual nature comes from where?
(a) It comes from the messages around us.
(b) It is formed in our mind.
(c) It comes from our DNA.
(d) It is inborn and shaped by our environment.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age do we develop the superego?

2. What is the name of the personality that evolves when a child cannot trust their own feelings and takes on the personality traits of others?

3. According to Viorst, what types of feelings are present in ALL friendships?

4. Which philosopher does Viorst quote in Chapter 14?

5. While in the hospital, a little boy who was set on fire by his mother is crying for whom?

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