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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) In an effort to torture ourselves.
(b) In an effort to correct them.
(c) In an effort to assess how we performed.
(d) In an effort to rehearse for the future.

2. Viorst feels that in adulthood we may seek out the wanted parent in an effort to do what?
(a) Make the other parent jealous.
(b) Win the battle over the other parent.
(c) Put an end to the inappropriate feelings once and for all.
(d) Work through the feelings of childhood.

3. According to the author, what do babies need?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Fathers.
(c) Mothers.
(d) A consistent caregiver.

4. Who created the character Alexander Portnoy?
(a) Philip Roth.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(d) Leo Tolstoy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two feelings battle each other at every stage of development?

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

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

4. Winnicott argues that denying _____ prevents "the developing child from facing and learning to tolerate" this emotion in themselves.

5. According to Chapter 8, it is believed that girls have a greater _______________ ability as opposed to boys.

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