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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the answers below describes the stages and challenges of the life cycle according to Erik Erikson?
(a) The Four Periods of Growth.
(b) The Eight Ages of Man.
(c) The Five Cycles of a Human.
(d) The Twelve Stages of Life.

2. The following verse is from what poem? "And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns, About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home, In the sun that is young once only, Time let me play and be..."
(a) "Green and Golden."
(b) "Holy Streams."
(c) "Fern Hill."
(d) "Young Once."

3. As children, Viorst thinks we test reality with what?
(a) Our pretend play.
(b) Wishful thinking.
(c) Our actions.
(d) Daydreaming.

4. How many stages are there in the journey towards death according to Kubler-Ross?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

5. According to Viorst, which two abilities at which boys excel are the only ones based in scientific fact?
(a) Verbal and scientific.
(b) Aggression and visual spatial ability.
(c) Math and science.
(d) Sports and hunting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the ingrained patterns repeated in adulthood due to childhood experiences called?

2. According to Viorst, what types of feelings are present in ALL friendships?

3. At the end of Chapter 8, Margaret Mead uses what type of profession in her analogy about accepting what we were born with?

4. When the child decides to replace the hostility towards the new sibling with some other activity, it is referred to as what?

5. Who said, "To be a man, a woman, an adult, is to accept responsibility"?

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