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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author uses another example of a woman who suffers from:
(a) Cough.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) Warts.
(d) Hiccups.

3. The target customer's animals were considered to be the man's ______.
(a) Pride and joy.
(b) Bane of existence.
(c) Profitable future.
(d) Cross to bear.

4. Where did Erickson grow up?
(a) Suburbs.
(b) Inner city.
(c) Farm.
(d) Desert.

5. People often have misconceptions and erroneous preconceived notions about which of the following?
(a) Trance states.
(b) Energy Healing.
(c) Psychiatry.
(d) Psychometry.

6. Erickson's treatments helped the woman to get rid of which problem?
(a) Hiccups.
(b) Constipation.
(c) Muscle spasms.
(d) Anxiety attacks.

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

8. Which of the following is not mentioned as something people might go into a state over/during:
(a) Work.
(b) Arguments.
(c) Relationships.
(d) Hobbies.

9. The student was eventually congratulated for which of the following?
(a) Attentiveness.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Stealth.

10. Erickson does not believe in using which of the following to get his patients to change?
(a) Mind games.
(b) Force.
(c) Coercion.
(d) Bribes.

11. What is Erickson's first name?
(a) Mishka.
(b) Milburn.
(c) Milton.
(d) Michael.

12. Erickson refers to an old adage that says, "It's just like ______."
(a) Catching a mouse.
(b) Falling off a log.
(c) Sleeping like a baby.
(d) Riding a bike.

13. As one gets older, it is common to remember the action but to forget the ____.
(a) Result.
(b) Skill.
(c) Motion.
(d) Purpose.

14. What is one of the most common ways that a patient can block treatment?
(a) Being overwhelmed.
(b) Resistance.
(c) Falling asleep.
(d) Refusing to talk.

15. The author states that deep trances are:
(a) Fun.
(b) Easy to achieve.
(c) Uncommon.
(d) Impossible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of delving into someone's subconscience? What would it help the doctor to find?

2. What is another word for believing something that has no proof or basis in science?

3. What is one way in which the doctor may be able to break through the patient's issue?

4. A person that is blocked will most likely not subject himself to which of the following?

5. The woman would frequently put her hand up to her face to cover the blemish. Erickson refers to this action as being which of the following?

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