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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Winnicott argues that denying _____ prevents "the developing child from facing and learning to tolerate" this emotion in themselves.
(a) Pride.
(b) Anger.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Deceit.

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

5. When does it become clear to the child that his needs are different than his mother's?
(a) When puberty occurs.
(b) When adolescence occurs.
(c) When the mother tells the child, "No!" for the first time.
(d) When separation occurs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character claimed that, "I am a part of all that I have met."

2. What two feelings battle each other at every stage of development?

3. 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?

4. According to psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, immature love follows what principle?

5. Chapter 5 states that even an average mother is perceived by a child as _____________.

(see the answer key)

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