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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the example of a woman dreaming of a German Nazi officer, she is really associating with what?
(a) Her overbearing mother urging her to eat in Yiddish.
(b) Her controlling husband forbidding her to go out.
(c) Her cruel boss demanding she work overtime.
(d) The police man who gave her a ticket earlier in the day.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Viorst, what are we all striving to be?

2. According to Chapter 7, what destroys the innocence of the family bond?

3. In the anecdote about the holy man painting a portrait for a king, who ends up being revealed in the painting?

4. According to the author, absence makes the heart grow _____________.

5. Viorst feels that only through _____________ can "our loss be transcended."

Short Essay Questions

1. Endocrinologist Estelle Ramey uses what example to support her theory that virtually all differences between male and female are cultural?

2. Why were Hansel and Gretel so close to each other relationally?

3. Why does sibling rivalry tend to diminish with age?

4. Why do we have fantasies?

5. What happens when we do not behave in accordance with our conscience?

6. Growing up means what, according to Chapter 10?

7. What did Stanley Milgram's experiment reveal about people?

8. Why is Chapter 1 entitled, "The High Cost of Separation"?

9. Rather than be trapped in mourning for what we did not get as children, what does the author propose we do?

10. Why are we afraid of fantasies that portray socially unacceptable behavior?

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