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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. 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?
(a) My Friend Pat.
(b) Friends and Lovers in the College Years.
(c) Friends and Lovers for Life.
(d) Intimacy and Friendship Through College.

2. What is the key achievement of mid-life according to Viorst?
(a) Letting loose and exploring unfulfilled dreams.
(b) Uniting ourselves with reality and achieving balance.
(c) Moving our parents to a nursing home.
(d) Getting the children out of the house.

3. Chapter 18 refers to which famous character as the ultimate retiree?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Romeo.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) King Lear.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stages are there in the journey towards death according to Kubler-Ross?

2. What's the title of the book?

3. Levinson calls a mid-life crisis what?

4. Viorst contends that our unconscious sexual thoughts toward friends are masked as what?

5. Name the foiled romantic in Flaubert's Madame Bovary.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the fundamental tension in all man-woman marriages?

2. What are some of the different types of loss and mourning discussed in Chapter 16? Do we experience them all in the same way?

3. What does it mean if a child and mother aren't a good fit?

4. Other than a parent, what other things impact who a child becomes?

5. According to Chapter 17, what redefines us throughout our lives?

6. According to the book, why are friends so important?

7. How did Viorst's three friends approach death differently?

8. According to the book, when does the way we will handle aging begin?

9. In thinking about losses as a lifelong theme, name some of the juxtapositions that Viorst discusses in Chapter 20.

10. What happens in our thirties, in relation to our parents?

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