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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Viorst states that some oneness experiences can go too far and cause what?
(a) Self-annihilation.
(b) Self-preservation.
(c) Physical injury.
(d) Hatred of oneself.

2. How does the author feel we can move past re-creating what has already happened?
(a) Climb into a time machine and go back.
(b) Ignore the past and move on.
(c) Talk to the people in our past.
(d) Mourn the past and move on.

3. Mrs. C slept in the same bed as her mother until she was how old?
(a) 20 years old.
(b) 10 years old.
(c) 5 years old.
(d) 40 years old.

4. According to Viorst, what are we all striving to be?
(a) A separate self.
(b) A narcissist.
(c) Someone who makes our mother proud.
(d) A well-adjusted adult.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The first sentence of Chapter 1 states that, "Life begins with _______."

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

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

4. Viorst feels that only through _____________ can "our loss be transcended."

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

(see the answer key)

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