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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 5 states that even an average mother is perceived by a child as _____________.
(a) Inadequate.
(b) Better than average.
(c) Stern.
(d) Perfect.

2. 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) Escape from the stress of everyday life.
(d) Reach a higher level of awareness.

3. 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 different than their mother's.
(c) Their needs are greater than their mother's.
(d) Their needs are the same as their mother's.

4. De-identification can help siblings feel superior in different ways, but it can also lead to what negative result?
(a) It can leave one child overshadowed by the other.
(b) It can lead to competition in those different areas.
(c) It can impose limitations on our talents and interests.
(d) It can result in negative personality traits such as pride, arrogance, or narcissism.

5. According to Art Buchwald, what are "the three worst words in the language"?
(a) Jewish, urchin, institution.
(b) Lonely, stray, hospital.
(c) Hebrew, orphan, asylum.
(d) Isolated, hopeless, angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Viorst feels that there is a always a grain of what in our love relationships?

2. Escaping to an earlier stage of development in an effort to deal with socially unacceptable feelings toward a new sibling is called what?

3. When does it become clear to the child that his needs are different than his mother's?

4. According to Viorst, in what way do we primarily form our self-identity?

5. Viorst states, "All of us, to some degree, are _______________."

(see the answer key)

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