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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Chapter 7, what destroys the innocence of the family bond?
(a) Physical abuse.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Parents who argue.
(d) Incest.

3. Viorst states, "All of us, to some degree, are _______________."
(a) Primarily sexual.
(b) Homosexual.
(c) Bisexual.
(d) Asexual.

4. In what form of internalization do we take on aspects of those we have loved?
(a) Depression.
(b) Personification.
(c) Chameleonization.
(d) Identification.

5. Which famous author wrote this about the loss of his cherished wife: "The first plunge of the knife into the flesh is felt again and again"?
(a) Victor Hugo.
(b) J.R.R. Tolkien.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) C.S. Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Reality testing" means what?

2. According to Chapter 7, our adult sexuality is in response to what?

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

4. Viorst states that what kind of parents are sexually attracted to their child?

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

(see the answer key)

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