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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the philosopher who said, "Man is the being who is capable of becoming guilty and is capable of illuminating his guilt"?
(a) Dallas Willard.
(b) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(c) Martin Buber.
(d) John Locke.

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

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

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

5. Repression, reaction formation, isolation, and denial are all mechanisms of defense against what?
(a) Rivalry.
(b) Anger.
(c) Insecurity.
(d) Fear.

6. What happens when children see their mothers as all good or all bad?
(a) They shun perfect and evil people alike, looking for complete mediocrity in the perfect mate.
(b) They form a very close relationship with their fathers.
(c) They compare everyone they meet to their mothers.
(d) They split from relationships their whole life because they think in terms of black and white.

7. What does the author state that extended separation from a mother can cause a child?
(a) A sense of independence.
(b) Pain and permanent damage.
(c) A good chance to socialize with other people.
(d) Hunger.

8. Margaret Mead points out that we have labeled the Oedipal issue as a _______________.
(a) Success.
(b) Ridiculous behavior.
(c) Negative.
(d) Valid response.

9. Marvin and _______ experience great physical discomfort because of their unconscious guilt.
(a) Donna.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Ellie.

10. When a mother rejects a child's need for dependence and pushes them out of the nest too soon, what can happen?
(a) We adapt, or crumple, or compromise.
(b) We grow amazingly strong wings.
(c) We scream, or cry, or get angry.
(d) We crash to the ground.

11. During the age of latency, fear, anger, and harsh conscience make it difficult to do what?
(a) Concentrate on school.
(b) Maintain a good relationship with our parents.
(c) Develop into our own person.
(d) Make the break from our parents.

12. At what age do we develop the superego?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Five.
(d) Twenty-five.

13. Sibling rivalry tends to do what as we get older?
(a) Intensify.
(b) Diminish.
(c) Increase.
(d) Disappear.

14. What was the name of the girl's club that Viorst's neighbor Amy belonged to?
(a) Rainbows and Unicorns.
(b) No Boys Allowed.
(c) The Rainbow Fleet.
(d) Girls Rule.

15. Viorst feels that in adulthood we may seek out the wanted parent in an effort to do what?
(a) Work through the feelings of childhood.
(b) Put an end to the inappropriate feelings once and for all.
(c) Win the battle over the other parent.
(d) Make the other parent jealous.

Short Answer Questions

1. De-identification can help siblings feel superior in different ways, but it can also lead to what negative result?

2. Henry David Thoreau's little isolated cabin was how far from his mother's house?

3. Chapter 3 addresses how the "Private I" is the person who lives underneath the facade that is created in order to ___________ those around them.

4. How does Viorst describe the first loss we experience as humans?

5. Freud said that every dream contains what?

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