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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age do we develop the superego?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Thirteen.

2. What does the father in the poem referenced in Chapter 14 finally conclude?
(a) That he must let his children go.
(b) That he never should have had children.
(c) That he can indeed protect his children.
(d) That his children will just grow up and go away.

3. Who once said, "God ordains that every genius shall have an illness at forty"?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Arthur Miller.
(c) George Bernard Shaw.
(d) Mark Twain.

4. How is it believed that infants perceive their needs in relation to their mother?
(a) Their needs are greater than their mother's.
(b) Their needs are less than their mother's.
(c) Their needs are the same as their mother's.
(d) Their needs are different than their mother's.

5. Which of the following, according to the author, may be an inappropriate way to deal with the grieving of childhood?
(a) Breaking the rules.
(b) Sex.
(c) Driving recklessly.
(d) Drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the age of latency, fear, anger, and harsh conscience make it difficult to do what?

2. How does Viorst purport that we form an identification of "I"?

3. After fantasizing about her mother having a fatal heart attack, a woman drove up to her mother's apartment building to find what?

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

5. What are the ingrained patterns repeated in adulthood due to childhood experiences called?

(see the answer key)

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