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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Otto Kernberg, adolescent romantic love is the normal, crucial beginning of what?
(a) Adult love.
(b) Eros.
(c) Puppy love.
(d) Sexuality.

2. Which three fictional characters discussed in the book does Viorst specifically mention in Chapter 20?
(a) Margaret, Alex Portnoy, King Lear
(b) Hamlet, Oedipus, Owen Meany
(c) Holden Caulfield, Hamlet, Marlow
(d) Emma Bovary, Alex Portnoy, Ivan Ilych

3. Which philosopher does Viorst quote in Chapter 14?
(a) Soren Kierkegaard
(b) Friedrich Nietzsche
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Leo Tolstoy

4. Viorst quotes this book, written by Kathrin Perutz, in Chapter 13.
(a) I Hate You, Too.
(b) The Most Complicated Relationship.
(c) Heaven on Earth.
(d) Marriage is Hell.

5. The earliest text on the subject of aging came from where?
(a) Greece.
(b) China.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Iraq.

6. In Chapter 14, Viorst lists what about her hometown?
(a) The various houses she lived in.
(b) The best places to eat.
(c) How the different relationships impact the town.
(d) A list of families and their children's tragic choices.

7. According to Chapter 20, Viorst is living on what to beat her middle-aged spread?
(a) NutriSystem.
(b) Lean Cuisine.
(c) Weight Watchers.
(d) Grapefruit.

8. Viorst thinks about development as a lifelong series of what?
(a) Necessary losses.
(b) Changes.
(c) Disappointments.
(d) Setbacks.

9. According to Chapter 13, there can be no human love without what?
(a) Passion and romance.
(b) Fear.
(c) A caring parental relationship.
(d) Ambivalence.

10. In what form of internalization do we take on aspects of those we have loved?
(a) Depression.
(b) Personification.
(c) Identification.
(d) Chameleonization.

11. What is the name of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's highly influential book?
(a) The Last Cattle Call.
(b) On Death and Dying.
(c) Death Comes for the Archbishop.
(d) O, Death, Be Mine.

12. The following headline ran in what paper? "HER OUTSIDE PREOCCUPATION CAN LEAVE HIM ISOLATED AT TIME OF MORE LEISURE"
(a) The Chicago Tribune.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) The New York Times.

13. In Chapter 16, Viorst quotes which psychologist who wrote the book Loss?
(a) John Bowlby.
(b) Erik Erikson.
(c) Erich Fromm.
(d) Jean Piaget.

14. To what was Richard Steele referring in the following quote? "... the compleatest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life."
(a) Marriage.
(b) Death.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Family.

15. How did Cecil and Julia Saunders die?
(a) They shot themselves.
(b) They died in a car accident.
(c) Someone broke into their house and killed them.
(d) Their plane crashed on the way to their granddaughter's wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Viorst, in middle age we inspire far less ________ than we do ___________.

2. In this book, mentioned in Chapter 12, it is stated that despite sexual feelings toward friends of the same sex, individuals need not necessarily define themselves as "homosexual." What is the name of the book?

3. Which of the following psychoanalysts said we create religion to "exorcise the terrors" of nature?

4. Which recent development does Viorst think is a positive new step toward good death?

5. Which famous author's daughter suddenly died at the age of 24?

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