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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the girl's club that Viorst's neighbor Amy belonged to?
(a) No Boys Allowed.
(b) The Rainbow Fleet.
(c) Rainbows and Unicorns.
(d) Girls Rule.

3. The idea that we are all in love with the parent of the opposite sex is known as what?
(a) The Electra complex.
(b) The Oedipus complex.
(c) The Oracle complex.
(d) The Odysseus complex.

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

5. What happens when children see their mothers as all good or all bad?
(a) They form a very close relationship with their fathers.
(b) They split from relationships their whole life because they think in terms of black and white.
(c) They shun perfect and evil people alike, looking for complete mediocrity in the perfect mate.
(d) They compare everyone they meet to their mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Subliminal messages of "Mommy and I are one," have proven to result in what?

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

3. Sigmund Freud once said, "When you meet a human being, the first distinction you make is ______________?"

4. When the child decides to replace the hostility towards the new sibling with some other activity, it is referred to as what?

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

(see the answer key)

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