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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Following Erickson's advice, the woman who wanted to lose weight found that it was:
(a) Impossible.
(b) Easy.
(c) Frustrating.
(d) Difficult.

2. Erickson was fond of using one particular skill in his practice while diagnosing patients. What was that skill?
(a) Observation.
(b) Multi-tasking.
(c) Analyzing dreams.
(d) Humor.

3. In this section, the author refers to children as being like which of the following:
(a) Empty slates.
(b) Sponges.
(c) A group of wildflowers.
(d) Blank paper.

4. The man was also an addict. To which drug was the man addicted?
(a) Cough medicine.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Cocaine.

5. Erickson uses examples of people who are:
(a) Confused.
(b) Ill.
(c) Angry.
(d) Frustrated.

6. According to Erickson, the married couple often argued about things that were:
(a) Outside their relationship.
(b) Insignificant.
(c) Too big to solve.
(d) Rhetorical.

7. When patients start therapy, it is common for at least some of them to act in what way?
(a) Rude.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Defiant.
(d) Over-eager.

8. What is often used as a stepping stone to bigger and better things in therapy?
(a) Dream states.
(b) Release of fear.
(c) Crying.
(d) Mini-breakthroughs.

9. Many patients that go to a therapist claim that they want nothing more than to be:
(a) Sane.
(b) Less obsessed.
(c) Better.
(d) Cured.

10. The man spent most of his time thinking about what one thing while he was undergoing trauma?
(a) Puppies.
(b) Lectures.
(c) Sunflowers.
(d) Kids.

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

12. 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) Salesman.
(d) Police officer.

13. Hopefully, a patient will do what when participating in treatment?
(a) Go into a trance.
(b) Respond.
(c) Be cured.
(d) Pay the bill.

14. What was the name of the man Erickson refers to in regards to reframing?
(a) Winkler.
(b) Frankl.
(c) Winter.
(d) Finkel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The story of the man who sat in the grass belonged in what profession?

2. Where did Erickson send the man to contemplate his problems?

3. There are times when _______ cannot be prevented.

4. Erickson did encourage the man to do which of the following?

5. It is important for a patient to learn how to combine possibilities with which of the following:

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