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

2. Chapter 11 discusses our what?
(a) Perception of reality.
(b) Parents' expectations.
(c) Fantasies.
(d) Sleeping patterns.

3. According to the book, the conscious daydreams that drift through our minds bring hints to us of what kind of world?
(a) A perfect world.
(b) A rogue, subterranean world.
(c) A magical, beautiful world.
(d) A just world.

4. What are the ingrained patterns repeated in adulthood due to childhood experiences called?
(a) Familiarity complex.
(b) Repetition compulsion.
(c) Revisiting the past.
(d) Bad habits.

5. When a mother rejects a child's need for dependence and pushes them out of the nest too soon, what can happen?
(a) We grow amazingly strong wings.
(b) We scream, or cry, or get angry.
(c) We adapt, or crumple, or compromise.
(d) We crash to the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the example of a woman dreaming of a German Nazi officer, she is really associating with what?

2. What is one of the necessary losses discussed in Chapter 3?

3. Which of the following, according to the author, may be an inappropriate way to deal with the grieving of childhood?

4. Some children develop a false self from what type of parenting?

5. As adults, we are able to see ourselves as in control, not as ___________.

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 are we afraid of fantasies that portray socially unacceptable behavior?

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

4. What did Alfred Adler note about the relationship between siblings and how it influences who we become as adults?

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

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

7. The term "penis envy" can sound quite ridiculous, but Viorst points out that it takes on many metaphorical meanings. What are some of those possible symbolic meanings?

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

9. Why did Art Buchwald, journalist and friend of the author, say that he understands about "scars on the brain"?

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

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