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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. Which three fictional characters discussed in the book does Viorst specifically mention in Chapter 20?
(a) Holden Caulfield, Hamlet, Marlow
(b) Emma Bovary, Alex Portnoy, Ivan Ilych
(c) Hamlet, Oedipus, Owen Meany
(d) Margaret, Alex Portnoy, King Lear

2. What are the names of Viorst's three sons?
(a) Tony, John, and Robert
(b) Michael, William, and Henry
(c) Shannon, Scott, and Brian
(d) Anthony, Nicholas, and Alexander

3. In Chapter 16, Viorst quotes which psychologist who wrote the book Loss?
(a) Erich Fromm.
(b) Jean Piaget.
(c) Erik Erikson.
(d) John Bowlby.

4. Who was the psychologist who said that marriage requires "a wise balancing of love and hate"?
(a) Chad Goodwin.
(b) Israel Charny.
(c) America Ferrera.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

5. What type of relationship reinforces our self-knowledge, widens our worldview, and supports our self-esteem?
(a) Marriage.
(b) The parent-child relationship.
(c) Friendship.
(d) A mentoring relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 20, Viorst is living on what to beat her middle-aged spread?

2. A capacity to feel pleasure in the pleasures of other people is an example of what?

3. In what form of internalization do we take on aspects of those we have loved?

4. Parents have trouble seeing their children as what?

5. According to Viorst, in middle age we inspire far less ________ than we do ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Name the five stages of dying described by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Briefly describe each stage.

2. Which necessary loss is discussed in Chapter 12?

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

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

5. Viorst suggests two necessary losses in Chapter 14. Name one of them.

6. What are a few of the difficulties of a marriage relationship mentioned in Chapter 13?

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

8. What can happen as a result of a mother's fear that her child's psyche is fragile? How can this affect the child?

9. What impact does middle age tend to have on a marriage?

10. Name two of the stages of mourning that Viorst describes in Chapter 16.

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