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

2. Which person coined the phrase Cinderella Complex?
(a) Judith Viorst.
(b) Colleen Rodman.
(c) Colette Dowling.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

3. Chapter 1 concludes by stating that the yearning to restore the bliss of mother-child oneness is _____________________.
(a) Only quenched when we find another meaningful relationship.
(b) Satisfied upon entry into adulthood.
(c) Never relinquished.
(d) Worse when we are sick or injured.

4. Which of the answers below describes the stages and challenges of the life cycle according to Erik Erikson?
(a) The Five Cycles of a Human.
(b) The Twelve Stages of Life.
(c) The Eight Ages of Man.
(d) The Four Periods of Growth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Viorst fantasize about taking care of the bully who was bothering her son?

2. "It is __________ to grow up."

3. Some children develop a false self from what type of parenting?

4. Viorst feels our sexual nature comes from where?

5. According to Art Buchwald, what are "the three worst words in the language"?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Chapter 9, what kind of person lacks guilt?

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

3. Viorst lists many things that healthy adults know. Name two.

4. Describe repetition compulsion and what we may be trying to accomplish through it.

5. What support does Viorst give to the Cinderella Complex?

6. Why are we afraid of fantasies that portray socially unacceptable behavior?

7. What happens when we do not behave in accordance with our conscience?

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

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

10. Describe the four stages of standing alone.

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