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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, "All of us, to some degree, are _______________."
(a) Homosexual.
(b) Bisexual.
(c) Primarily sexual.
(d) Asexual.

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

3. How does Viorst purport that we form an identification of "I"?
(a) We find a good job and experience success.
(b) We backpack through Europe and discover ourselves.
(c) We move away to college and choose our own major.
(d) We begin to view ourselves as an independent being over a lifetime.

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

5. How does Viorst describe the first loss we experience as humans?
(a) Launch of independence.
(b) New beginning.
(c) First separation.
(d) Original loss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when children see their mothers as all good or all bad?

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

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. Viorst feels our sexual nature comes from where?

5. According to Chapter 7, girls have to give up more of what than boys in outgrowing their Oedipus complex?

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