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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 3 addresses how the "Private I" is the person who lives underneath the facade that is created in order to ___________ those around them.
(a) Mock.
(b) Scare away.
(c) Please.
(d) Protect.

2. According to Viorst, grown-up love must begin with what?
(a) Two grown adults.
(b) A mature understanding of self.
(c) An ability to forgive others.
(d) The separation of self from the other.

3. Which character claimed that, "I am a part of all that I have met."
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Homer.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Orion.

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

5. How is it believed that infants perceive their needs in relation to their mother?
(a) Their needs are the same as their mother's.
(b) Their needs are greater than their mother's.
(c) Their needs are different than their mother's.
(d) Their needs are less than their mother's.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Subliminal messages of "Mommy and I are one," have proven to result in what?

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

5. 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?

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