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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 Chapter 9, how do we eventually resolve the Oedipus complex?
(a) Through our conscience.
(b) Through guilt.
(c) By becoming adults.
(d) Through punishment and shame.

2. Chapter 5 states that even an average mother is perceived by a child as _____________.
(a) Inadequate.
(b) Better than average.
(c) Perfect.
(d) Stern.

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

4. Viorst feels our sexual nature comes from where?
(a) It comes from our DNA.
(b) It is inborn and shaped by our environment.
(c) It is formed in our mind.
(d) It comes from the messages around us.

5. Margaret Mead points out that we have labeled the Oedipal issue as a _______________.
(a) Valid response.
(b) Negative.
(c) Ridiculous behavior.
(d) Success.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Christmas gift caused Brooke Hayward so much anguish when asked if her little sister could play with it?

2. At the end of Chapter 8, Margaret Mead uses what type of profession in her analogy about accepting what we were born with?

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

4. What are the ingrained patterns repeated in adulthood due to childhood experiences called?

5. In the study discussed in Chapter 8, how many school children were asked how their lives would be different if they woke up the next morning as the opposite sex?

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