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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Viorst, grown-up love must begin with what?
(a) Two grown adults.
(b) An ability to forgive others.
(c) The separation of self from the other.
(d) A mature understanding of self.

2. How does Viorst purport that we form an identification of "I"?
(a) We move away to college and choose our own major.
(b) We backpack through Europe and discover ourselves.
(c) We find a good job and experience success.
(d) We begin to view ourselves as an independent being over a lifetime.

3. How does Viorst describe the first loss we experience as humans?
(a) New beginning.
(b) Launch of independence.
(c) First separation.
(d) Original loss.

4. How does the author feel we can move past re-creating what has already happened?
(a) Ignore the past and move on.
(b) Climb into a time machine and go back.
(c) Talk to the people in our past.
(d) Mourn the past and move on.

5. Chapter 5 states that even an average mother is perceived by a child as _____________.
(a) Stern.
(b) Better than average.
(c) Perfect.
(d) Inadequate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Subliminal messages of "Mommy and I are one," have proven to result in what?

2. According to the author, what do babies need?

3. According to Viorst, in what way do we primarily form our self-identity?

4. When does it become clear to the child that his needs are different than his mother's?

5. According to Viorst, we not only try to re-live the good experiences from our past, but also seek to re-create the bad ones in an effort to do what?

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