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

2. Freud said that every dream contains what?
(a) A wish.
(b) Truth.
(c) A cat.
(d) Pain.

3. According to Viorst, how often do families discuss sibling rivalry?
(a) Families do not discuss it at all.
(b) Families do not discuss it until the children are grown.
(c) Families discuss it frequently.
(d) Families discuss it only when there is a fight between siblings.

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

5. Who said, "To be a man, a woman, an adult, is to accept responsibility"?
(a) Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(b) Sigmund Freud
(c) Jean Valjean
(d) Victor Hugo

Short Answer Questions

1. Even as adults, according to the author, we still view our mothers as what?

2. "It is __________ to grow up."

3. According to Freud, when does the age of latency occur?

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

5. What was the name of the "weird little novel" mentioned by Viorst in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe repetition compulsion and what we may be trying to accomplish through it.

2. Why does J.D. Salinger's character from The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, not want to grow up?

3. According to Viorst, why is it okay to have fantasies that are inappropriate if they aren't acted upon?

4. Briefly describe the difference between infantile love, immature love, and mature love.

5. What support does Viorst give to the Cinderella Complex?

6. How does the author propose that some men compensate for their envy of a woman's ability to have children?

7. Why do children experience sibling rivalry?

8. Denying hate prevents what, according to Winicott?

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

10. When a child sees a mother as all-good or all-bad, how can this affect their future relationships?

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