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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 9, what feeling could be fear of the loss of our own love?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Shame.

2. In the example of a woman dreaming of a German Nazi officer, she is really associating with what?
(a) The police man who gave her a ticket earlier in the day.
(b) Her cruel boss demanding she work overtime.
(c) Her controlling husband forbidding her to go out.
(d) Her overbearing mother urging her to eat in Yiddish.

3. Chapter 1 concludes by stating that the yearning to restore the bliss of mother-child oneness is _____________________.
(a) Only quenched when we find another meaningful relationship.
(b) Never relinquished.
(c) Worse when we are sick or injured.
(d) Satisfied upon entry into adulthood.

4. Which fictional character mentioned in the book chooses not to become a man, and stay as a boy forever?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) Saint George.
(c) Robin Hood.
(d) Peter Pan.

5. Name the foiled romantic in Flaubert's Madame Bovary.
(a) Soline.
(b) Jane.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Emma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As adults, we are able to see ourselves as in control, not as ___________.

3. What was the name of the girl's club that Viorst's neighbor Amy belonged to?

4. When does it become clear to the child that his needs are different than his mother's?

5. Simone de Beauvoir once said, "Old age is life's ___________."

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