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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another word for believing something that has no proof or basis in science?
(a) Myth.
(b) Nonsense.
(c) Rumor.
(d) Psychological.

2. The doctor uses which technique to uncover hidden behaviors, thoughts and feelings?
(a) Role playing.
(b) Medication.
(c) Hypnosis.
(d) Automatic writing.

3. The book refers to a woman who had bouts with what kind of disease?
(a) Colitis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Liver failure.
(d) Heart disease.

4. What is the purpose of delving into someone's subconscience? What would it help the doctor to find?
(a) Childhood trauma.
(b) Unconscious behaviors.
(c) Repressed memories.
(d) Phobias.

5. Erickson's patients often think that they are:
(a) Doomed.
(b) Wasting time and money.
(c) Incapable of change.
(d) Foolish.

6. The author states that the beliefs about trances are:
(a) Long lived.
(b) Nonexistent.
(c) New thought.
(d) Absurd.

7. To whom did the professor and the student go for help?
(a) Dean.
(b) Superintendent.
(c) Principal.
(d) Headmaster.

8. How many surgeries did the woman have to have in order to recover from her problems?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

9. What is the opposite of being in a trance?
(a) Hyper awareness.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Distraction.
(d) Consciousness.

10. Rapport should not be mistaken for which of the following?
(a) Pacifying.
(b) Coercion.
(c) Lying.
(d) Manipulation.

11. Erickson believes in doing what to help his patients heal?
(a) Prescribing medications.
(b) Introducing psychotherapy.
(c) Guiding them.
(d) Ignoring them.

12. Erickson states that trances can be which of the following?
(a) Self-induced.
(b) Unsuccessful.
(c) Harmful.
(d) Dangerous.

13. What is the name of the person who has annotated Erickson's work?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Rosen.
(c) Weston.
(d) Randall.

14. What type of athlete is most likely to experience the heightened state?
(a) Swimmer.
(b) Cricketeer.
(c) Runner.
(d) Football player.

15. According to Erickson, patients that have been hypnotized tend to take suggestions in which way?
(a) Happily.
(b) Suggestively.
(c) Literally.
(d) Grudgingly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erickson shares a story about a student whose name is:

2. The student was eventually congratulated for which of the following?

3. Where did the animal like to be scratched?

4. People in a trance state may be willing to do something silly such as:

5. What does the author say is the best way to describe Erickson's approach to working with his patients?

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