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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, what feeling could be fear of the loss of our own love?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Shame.

2. By consolidating our own "inner law enforcer or superego," we can resolve what in a healthy way?
(a) The Oedipus complex.
(b) The inadequate feelings of childhood.
(c) Our fear of abandoment.
(d) Our fear of authority.

3. What does Viorst explain we are trying to accomplish when we try to "undo' the separation from our mother?
(a) Seeking the unconditional love of our mother's arms.
(b) Proving we are competent individuals.
(c) Learning to accept and love ourselves.
(d) Vying for our father's affection.

4. Viorst feels that only through _____________ can "our loss be transcended."
(a) Grief.
(b) Learning.
(c) Life.
(d) Love.

5. When does it become clear to the child that his needs are different than his mother's?
(a) When separation occurs.
(b) When puberty occurs.
(c) When the mother tells the child, "No!" for the first time.
(d) When adolescence occurs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Freud said that every dream contains what?

2. Which of the answers below describes the stages and challenges of the life cycle according to Erik Erikson?

3. What Christmas gift caused Brooke Hayward so much anguish when asked if her little sister could play with it?

4. Viorst states that some oneness experiences can go too far and cause what?

5. When we allow some person or group to stand in place of our own conscience, this leads to what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Using an example from the book, describe ways in which the Oedipus complex can play out in the lives of adults.

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

4. According to psychoanalyst Margaret Mahler, what is our "psychological birth" ?

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

6. What does our superego have to do with resolving the Oedipus complex?

7. According to Chapter 9, what kind of person lacks guilt?

8. Excessive punishment of ourselves rests on the illusion of what?

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

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

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