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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sometimes people like to disagree just to:
(a) Make the other person mad.
(b) Prove a point.
(c) Disagree.
(d) Be rude.

2. One of Erickson's patients was desperate to do which of the following?
(a) Lose weight.
(b) Speak French.
(c) Learn to drive.
(d) Stop smoking.

3. The author believes that one learns best by:
(a) Reading about it.
(b) Doing.
(c) Listening.
(d) Watching.

4. Reframing can be easily compared to which other technique employed by therapists?
(a) Immersion therapy.
(b) Water therapy.
(c) Reverse psychology.
(d) Negative reinforcement.

5. One man in the text is referred to as he wanted to stop indulging in certain behaviors. What was the man's former occupation?
(a) Construction worker.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Salesman.

6. Through therapy Erickson believes that people are able to overcome a:
(a) Fear of flying.
(b) Bad prognosis.
(c) Bad habit.
(d) Childhood trauma.

7. It is important for a patient to learn how to combine possibilities with which of the following:
(a) Truisms.
(b) Hope.
(c) Facts.
(d) Strength.

8. Another patient was afraid to walk on which of the following?
(a) Ice.
(b) Hot coals.
(c) Water.
(d) Grass.

9. What was the secondary issue faced by the woman?
(a) Refusing to keep house.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Lying.
(d) Refusing to balance her checkbook.

10. The man confessed to doing which of the following compulsively?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Swearing.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Fidgeting.

11. The last person referred to in the text was a woman who indulged in what problem?
(a) Ignoring her children.
(b) Compulsive spending.
(c) Lying.
(d) Being promiscuous.

12. Where was the man when he began to practice reframing?
(a) Concentration camp.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Subway.
(d) Hospital.

13. The doctor believed that a patient will only succeed if s/he has which of the following:
(a) A therapist.
(b) Willpower.
(c) Self-control.
(d) Desire.

14. Unlike adults, children are not _______ by previous events.
(a) Affected.
(b) Stricken.
(c) Prejudiced.
(d) Tortured.

15. Which of the following was one of the man's most difficult issues to confront?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Compulsive spending.
(d) Gambling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is often used as a stepping stone to bigger and better things in therapy?

2. How far did one patient throw a shot put before working with Erickson?

3. The woman who had a fear of flying was actually being bothered by which of the following?

4. When patients start therapy, it is common for at least some of them to act in what way?

5. Many patients that go to a therapist claim that they want nothing more than to be:

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