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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 13, there can be no human love without what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Ambivalence.
(c) A caring parental relationship.
(d) Passion and romance.

2. To what was Richard Steele referring in the following quote? "... the compleatest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life."
(a) Friendship.
(b) Death.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Family.

3. Men pursue ______________; women yearn for _______________.
(a) Deep relationships; one night stands.
(b) Autonomy; intimacy.
(c) Excitement; safety.
(d) Sex; cuddling.

4. According to Chapter 8, it is believed that girls have a greater _______________ ability as opposed to boys.
(a) Math.
(b) Verbal.
(c) Mothering.
(d) Physical.

5. "Reality testing" means what?
(a) That we should just stay with our parents.
(b) That we go to college and experiment.
(c) That wishing doesn't make it so.
(d) That we try different roles in order to become an adult.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 8, what does modern science say that all mammals start out as?

2. Intimate male-female relationships are rare because of what?

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

4. Viorst references The World According to Garp and a mishearing of this term by a child.

5. Even as adults, according to the author, we still view our mothers as what?

(see the answer key)

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