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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Mothers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Daughters are expected to love their mothers, but not to do which of the following?
(a) Love their fathers
(b) Allow them to coddle them too much
(c) Be like them too much
(d) Distance themselves from their mother

2. About how many children does Dr. Pipher indicate come from, or spend a part of, their childhood in a single parent home?
(a) One fourth
(b) Seven Eighths
(c) Half
(d) Three fourths

3. Which of the following finishes the following conflicting messages: Girls should be independent but _____________.
(a) Honest
(b) Sexy
(c) Smart
(d) Nice

4. Which of the following does not describe Cayenne as a young girl?
(a) Feisty
(b) Enthusiastic
(c) Self-conscious
(d) Ambitious

5. Which of the following descriptors can be used to describe the emotions of an adolescent girl?
(a) Devastating at times
(b) Extreme and inconsistent
(c) Developed but over-reactive
(d) Full of perspective

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pipher define authenticity?

2. Which of the following is the best definition for the term androgynous?

3. Which of the following is not an example of surface structure?

4. Which of the following terms best describes a young girl's emotional system?

5. At what ages would Freud consider the latency period for girls?

(see the answer key)

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