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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, how often do families discuss sibling rivalry?
(a) Families discuss it frequently.
(b) Families do not discuss it at all.
(c) Families do not discuss it until the children are grown.
(d) Families discuss it only when there is a fight between siblings.

2. Some children develop a false self from what type of parenting?
(a) Uninvolved parenting.
(b) Strict parenting.
(c) Imaginative parenting.
(d) Over-protective parenting.

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

4. Viorst states that some oneness experiences can go too far and cause what?
(a) Self-preservation.
(b) Physical injury.
(c) Self-annihilation.
(d) Hatred of oneself.

5. How does the author feel we can move past re-creating what has already happened?
(a) Ignore the past and move on.
(b) Climb into a time machine and go back.
(c) Talk to the people in our past.
(d) Mourn the past and move on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author state that extended separation from a mother can cause a child?

2. According to the author, what do babies need?

3. According to Chapter 9, how do we eventually resolve the Oedipus complex?

4. What is the name of the philosopher who said, "Man is the being who is capable of becoming guilty and is capable of illuminating his guilt"?

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

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