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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(b) John Locke.
(c) Dallas Willard.
(d) Martin Buber.

3. 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) "Young Once."
(b) "Holy Streams."
(c) "Green and Golden."
(d) "Fern Hill."

4. 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) Saint George.
(d) Robin Hood.

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

6. Why does Viorst think some people fear success?
(a) They fear punishment from the rival parent.
(b) They fear the responsibility that comes with success.
(c) They fear retaliation from siblings.
(d) They fear being more successful than the opposite sex parent.

7. In the study discussed in Chapter 8, how many school children were asked how their lives would be different if they woke up the next morning as the opposite sex?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 982.
(c) 300.
(d) 50.

8. Which person coined the phrase Cinderella Complex?
(a) Colleen Rodman.
(b) Judith Viorst.
(c) Colette Dowling.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

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

10. According to Viorst, what are we all striving to be?
(a) A well-adjusted adult.
(b) A separate self.
(c) Someone who makes our mother proud.
(d) A narcissist.

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

12. According to Viorst, siblings destroy our dream of what?
(a) Being best friends with our sibling.
(b) Absolute love.
(c) Living an idyllic life.
(d) Being our mother's favorite.

13. What was the name of the "weird little novel" mentioned by Viorst in Chapter 8?
(a) The Moviegoer.
(b) The Catcher in the Rye.
(c) The Men's Club.
(d) Confederacy of Dunces.

14. According to Viorst, grown-up love must begin with what?
(a) Two grown adults.
(b) A mature understanding of self.
(c) The separation of self from the other.
(d) An ability to forgive others.

15. According to Chapter 8, it is believed that girls have a greater _______________ ability as opposed to boys.
(a) Verbal.
(b) Mothering.
(c) Physical.
(d) Math.

Short Answer Questions

1. Name the experimental psychologist who convinced people it was acceptable to continue shocking subjects despite their response to pain.

2. Freud said that every dream contains what?

3. Chapter 1 concludes by stating that the yearning to restore the bliss of mother-child oneness is _____________________.

4. How does Viorst purport that we form an identification of "I"?

5. Why does Viorst say we "need the controls provided by guilt"?

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