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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the necessary losses discussed in Chapter 3?
(a) To give up the many identities we try out.
(b) To give up on the idea that we are independent beings.
(c) To give up our need for control.
(d) To give up on being one with our mother.

2. According to Viorst, "A new dream will arise when we begin to have our babies..." What is it?
(a) The dream of them moving out and going to college.
(b) The dream of keeping them safe from harm.
(c) The dream of them becoming successful.
(d) The dream of creating an amazing and perfect human.

3. In Chapter 14, Viorst lists what about her hometown?
(a) A list of families and their children's tragic choices.
(b) The various houses she lived in.
(c) The best places to eat.
(d) How the different relationships impact the town.

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"?
(a) Martin Buber.
(b) Dallas Willard.
(c) John Locke.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

5. What does Viorst explain we are trying to accomplish when we try to "undo' the separation from our mother?
(a) Vying for our father's affection.
(b) Learning to accept and love ourselves.
(c) Proving we are competent individuals.
(d) Seeking the unconditional love of our mother's arms.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 13, there can be no human love without what?

2. After fantasizing about her mother having a fatal heart attack, a woman drove up to her mother's apartment building to find what?

3. At what age do we develop the superego?

4. Viorst quotes this book, written by Kathrin Perutz, in Chapter 13.

5. In the anecdote about the holy man painting a portrait for a king, who ends up being revealed in the painting?

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