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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While in the hospital, a little boy who was set on fire by his mother is crying for whom?
(a) His nurse.
(b) His mother.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His father.

2. According to Chapter 9, how do we eventually resolve the Oedipus complex?
(a) Through punishment and shame.
(b) By becoming adults.
(c) Through guilt.
(d) Through our conscience.

3. "Our conscience is our _____________ installed in our mind."
(a) Religion.
(b) Collective consciousness.
(c) Parents.
(d) Society.

4. Some children develop a false self from what type of parenting?
(a) Imaginative parenting.
(b) Over-protective parenting.
(c) Uninvolved parenting.
(d) Strict parenting.

5. Henry David Thoreau's little isolated cabin was how far from his mother's house?
(a) One day on a horse.
(b) Ten miles.
(c) One state away.
(d) One mile.

6. According to Chapter 7, our adult sexuality is in response to what?
(a) Our religious upbringing.
(b) Libidinal conflicts.
(c) Oedipal conflicts.
(d) The messages media convey.

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

8. What is composed of our noblest goals?
(a) Our superego.
(b) Our ego.
(c) Our ego ideal.
(d) Our id.

9. Some primitive tribes have allowed their men to express what sort of envy?
(a) Womb envy.
(b) Breast envy.
(c) Creative envy.
(d) Motherhood envy.

10. 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 Five Cycles of a Human.
(c) The Eight Ages of Man.
(d) The Twelve Stages of Life.

11. How does Viorst purport that we form an identification of "I"?
(a) We backpack through Europe and discover ourselves.
(b) We find a good job and experience success.
(c) We move away to college and choose our own major.
(d) We begin to view ourselves as an independent being over a lifetime.

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

13. There are _______ unanswered questions about the innate differences between the sexes.
(a) Many.
(b) Few.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Flimsy.

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

15. What is the name of the personality that evolves when a child cannot trust their own feelings and takes on the personality traits of others?
(a) "Borderline personality."
(b) "Chameleon personality."
(c) "As-if personality."
(d) "Shifting personality."

Short Answer Questions

1. "It is __________ to grow up."

2. Who created the character Alexander Portnoy?

3. At what age do we develop the superego?

4. According to Chapter 9, what feeling could be fear of the loss of our own love?

5. "Reality testing" means what?

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