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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Marvin and _______ experience great physical discomfort because of their unconscious guilt.
(a) Sarah.
(b) Donna.
(c) Ellie.
(d) Elizabeth.

3. Viorst feels that only through _____________ can "our loss be transcended."
(a) Life.
(b) Grief.
(c) Learning.
(d) Love.

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

5. How is it believed that infants perceive their needs in relation to their mother?
(a) Their needs are the same as their mother's.
(b) Their needs are less than their mother's.
(c) Their needs are different than their mother's.
(d) Their needs are greater than their mother's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Viorst describe the first loss we experience as humans?

2. Chapter 1 concludes by stating that the yearning to restore the bliss of mother-child oneness is _____________________.

3. "It is __________ to grow up."

4. Viorst states that what kind of parents are sexually attracted to their child?

5. Chapter 3 addresses how the "Private I" is the person who lives underneath the facade that is created in order to ___________ those around them.

(see the answer key)

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