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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sibling rivalry tends to do what as we get older?
(a) Diminish.
(b) Disappear.
(c) Intensify.
(d) Increase.

2. What happens when children see their mothers as all good or all bad?
(a) They split from relationships their whole life because they think in terms of black and white.
(b) They compare everyone they meet to their mothers.
(c) They shun perfect and evil people alike, looking for complete mediocrity in the perfect mate.
(d) They form a very close relationship with their fathers.

3. By consolidating our own "inner law enforcer or superego," we can resolve what in a healthy way?
(a) The Oedipus complex.
(b) The inadequate feelings of childhood.
(c) Our fear of authority.
(d) Our fear of abandoment.

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

5. 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) Protect.
(d) Please.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Viorst explain we are trying to accomplish when we try to "undo' the separation from our mother?

2. According to Viorst, what are we all striving to be?

3. 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?

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

5. Viorst states that some oneness experiences can go too far and cause what?

(see the answer key)

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