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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sex tends to have only superficial relationships?
(a) Men who were abused or abandoned as children.
(b) Men.
(c) Both.
(d) Women.

2. According to psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, immature love follows what principle?
(a) I love you because I need you.
(b) I need you because I love you.
(c) I hate you because I love you.
(d) I am loved because I love.

3. According to Chapter 14, parents suffer from the one of the following in a similar fashion to children.
(a) Insecurity about themselves.
(b) Fear of abandonment.
(c) Oedipus complex.
(d) Separation anxiety.

4. Sigmund Freud once said, "When you meet a human being, the first distinction you make is ______________?"
(a) Smart or stupid.
(b) Old or young.
(c) Crazy or sane.
(d) Male or female.

5. What does the father in the poem referenced in Chapter 14 finally conclude?
(a) That his children will just grow up and go away.
(b) That he must let his children go.
(c) That he never should have had children.
(d) That he can indeed protect his children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Viorst feels that in adulthood we may seek out the wanted parent in an effort to do what?

2. How does the author feel we can move past re-creating what has already happened?

3. Viorst feels our sexual nature comes from where?

4. According to Viorst, we not only try to re-live the good experiences from our past, but also seek to re-create the bad ones in an effort to do what?

5. As a result of unconscious guilt, criminals sometimes do what?

(see the answer key)

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