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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Viorst states that what kind of parents are sexually attracted to their child?
(a) Same-sex parents.
(b) Normal parents.
(c) Adoptive parents.
(d) Degenerate parents.

2. Seeing our own feelings as those of the new baby's is known as what?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Projection.
(c) Entanglement of self.
(d) Yours and mine syndrome.

3. What two feelings battle each other at every stage of development?
(a) Our desire for freedom versus our desire for protection.
(b) Our desire for love versus our desire to be loved.
(c) Our desire to please our mother versus our desire to please ourselves.
(d) Our desire to learn versus our desire to have fun.

4. What Christmas gift caused Brooke Hayward so much anguish when asked if her little sister could play with it?
(a) A bike.
(b) A dollhouse.
(c) A set of artist's paints.
(d) A pair of roller skates.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Some children develop a false self from what type of parenting?

2. According to Chapter 7, what destroys the innocence of the family bond?

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

4. According to Chapter 7, our adult sexuality is in response to what?

5. Mrs. C slept in the same bed as her mother until she was how old?

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