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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Viorst feels our sexual nature comes from where?
(a) It comes from our DNA.
(b) It is formed in our mind.
(c) It is inborn and shaped by our environment.
(d) It comes from the messages around us.

2. After fantasizing about her mother having a fatal heart attack, a woman drove up to her mother's apartment building to find what?
(a) Everyone having a block party.
(b) A fire and fire truck.
(c) Her mother being loaded into an ambulance.
(d) Her mother's upstairs neighbor being loaded into an ambulance.

3. How did Viorst fantasize about taking care of the bully who was bothering her son?
(a) Shooting him.
(b) Talking to his parents.
(c) Shoving him in front of a truck.
(d) Holding him up against a tree until he promised not to do it anymore.

4. Why does Viorst think some people fear success?
(a) They fear being more successful than the opposite sex parent.
(b) They fear retaliation from siblings.
(c) They fear the responsibility that comes with success.
(d) They fear punishment from the rival parent.

5. Margaret Mead points out that we have labeled the Oedipal issue as a _______________.
(a) Valid response.
(b) Ridiculous behavior.
(c) Negative.
(d) Success.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 11, what is built of imperfect connections?

2. By consolidating our own "inner law enforcer or superego," we can resolve what in a healthy way?

3. In Chapter 16, Viorst quotes which psychologist who wrote the book Loss?

4. As children, Viorst thinks we test reality with what?

5. Viorst states, "All of us, to some degree, are _______________."

(see the answer key)

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