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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Worshiping the Gods of Thinness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following themes does not appear to be rooted in cultural ideals rather than personality development according to Dr. Pipher?
(a) Preoccupation with weight
(b) Need for perfection
(c) Parental relationships
(d) Fear of rejection

2. Which type of parents have teens who are impulsive, irresponsible and dependent?
(a) Indulgent high in control and low in acceptance parents
(b) Authoritarian high in control and low in acceptance parents
(c) Authoritarian low in control and high in acceptance parents
(d) Indulgent low in control and high in acceptance parents

3. What do many teens do after a divorce?
(a) They seek out a connection with one of the parents
(b) They run away from home
(c) They reject their parents' authority
(d) The reject their peers

4. What is the overshadowing problem concerning Franchesca?
(a) Sexual promiscuity
(b) Drugs and alcohol
(c) Adoption
(d) Lack of parental affect

5. What does Dr. Pipher define the change to traditional teasing in today's modern society?
(a) Torture
(b) Sexual harassment
(c) Abuse
(d) Mean-spirited

Short Answer Questions

1. What speculation does Pipher make in relation to Jody and other teens being raised in more liberal households?

2. What is this chapter mainly about?

3. Which of the following is not an accurate description of how divorce makes adolescents feel?

4. What choice does Alice Miller indicate young children have to make?

5. According to Dr. Pipher, adolescence requires daughters to distance themselves from who?

(see the answer key)

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