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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Subliminal messages of "Mommy and I are one," have proven to result in what?
(a) Higher achievements.
(b) Spontaneous smiling.
(c) Warm, fuzzy feelings.
(d) Great anxiety.

2. What was the name of the "weird little novel" mentioned by Viorst in Chapter 8?
(a) The Catcher in the Rye.
(b) The Men's Club.
(c) The Moviegoer.
(d) Confederacy of Dunces.

3. According to Viorst, how often do families discuss sibling rivalry?
(a) Families do not discuss it at all.
(b) Families discuss it frequently.
(c) Families discuss it only when there is a fight between siblings.
(d) Families do not discuss it until the children are grown.

4. According to Freud, when does the age of latency occur?
(a) 13-18 years old.
(b) 3-5 years old.
(c) 7-10 years old.
(d) 18-21 years old.

5. De-identification can help siblings feel superior in different ways, but it can also lead to what negative result?
(a) It can result in negative personality traits such as pride, arrogance, or narcissism.
(b) It can lead to competition in those different areas.
(c) It can impose limitations on our talents and interests.
(d) It can leave one child overshadowed by the other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Escaping to an earlier stage of development in an effort to deal with socially unacceptable feelings toward a new sibling is called what?

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

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

4. What does the author state that extended separation from a mother can cause a child?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does our superego have to do with resolving the Oedipus complex?

2. Who first discovered the Oedipus complex? How did he/she describe it?

3. Why is Chapter 1 entitled, "The High Cost of Separation"?

4. Why does sibling rivalry tend to diminish with age?

5. Why did Art Buchwald, journalist and friend of the author, say that he understands about "scars on the brain"?

6. Excessive punishment of ourselves rests on the illusion of what?

7. Why did Freud name it the Oedipus complex?

8. Why does J.D. Salinger's character from The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, not want to grow up?

9. Why do children experience sibling rivalry?

10. Discuss some of the means, covered in Chapter 2, by which we attempt to restore oneness with our mothers.

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