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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Viorst, what is one of our first treasures that we don't want to share?
(a) Our mother's love.
(b) Our father's love.
(c) Our special blanket.
(d) Our mother's milk.

2. When a mother rejects a child's need for dependence and pushes them out of the nest too soon, what can happen?
(a) We scream, or cry, or get angry.
(b) We crash to the ground.
(c) We adapt, or crumple, or compromise.
(d) We grow amazingly strong wings.

3. According to Chapter 7, girls have to give up more of what than boys in outgrowing their Oedipus complex?
(a) More dreams.
(b) More people.
(c) More fears.
(d) More sex.

4. When does it become clear to the child that his needs are different than his mother's?
(a) When puberty occurs.
(b) When adolescence occurs.
(c) When separation occurs.
(d) When the mother tells the child, "No!" for the first time.

5. According to Chapter 6, is sibling rivalry normal and universal?
(a) Only in the United States.
(b) Ten out of ten psychoanalysts answer yes.
(c) It depends on the parenting style.
(d) Only in industrialized nations.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, absence makes the heart grow _____________.

2. Sibling rivalry tends to do what as we get older?

3. The idea that we are all in love with the parent of the opposite sex is known as what?

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

5. Which well-known psychologist noted that if a child can fight a sibling and win, he becomes a fighter. However, if he is not allowed to win, he will often not compete later in life?

(see the answer key)

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