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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the anecdote about the holy man painting a portrait for a king, who ends up being revealed in the painting?
(a) The holy man.
(b) The king's daughter.
(c) The king's wife.
(d) The king.

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

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

4. As our parents grow old, get sick, and die, we learn to do what in relation to imperfect connections?
(a) Work them out.
(b) Give thanks.
(c) Stop complaining about them.
(d) Ignore them and continue on our own path.

5. Viorst states, "All of us, to some degree, are _______________."
(a) Homosexual.
(b) Asexual.
(c) Bisexual.
(d) Primarily sexual.

Short Answer Questions

1. Name the foiled romantic in Flaubert's Madame Bovary.

2. There are what number of friendships that Viorst labels in Chapter 12?

3. What is the name of the son in Death of a Salesman that Viorst uses as an example of the restricting roles some parents foist on their children?

4. According to Viorst, which two abilities at which boys excel are the only ones based in scientific fact?

5. What type of relationship reinforces our self-knowledge, widens our worldview, and supports our self-esteem?

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