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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. The therapist believes that one should be able to make changes if what fraction of the problem can be solved?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 3/5.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 1/2.

2. What was Erickson's job while in college? What kind of salesman was he?
(a) Car.
(b) Magazine.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Book.

3. Who was Erickson's target?
(a) Parents.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Store owner.
(d) Landscaper.

4. People are often willing to do things under hypnosis that they might otherwise consider to be:
(a) Rude.
(b) Embarrassing.
(c) Pointless.
(d) Ridiculous.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The general public often associates trances with which of the following?

4. People will not do anything in a trance that goes against which of the following?

5. The doctor believes people can change if only one can:

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the crux and purpose of MY VOICE WILL GO WITH YOU by Sidney Rosen?

2. Explain one of the doctor's main tenets of practice and the theory behind it. How does this main tenet work into the patient's overall treatment plan?

3. What is Erickson's primary method of treatment? What tool is used to treat the patient? What is the purpose?

4. Erickson chose to forge his own way in the practice of hypnotherapy by developing what? What were the developments designed to do?

5. What is mentioned as being a way for a patient to block success in treatment? What is one way in which the problem can be solved?

6. What is a common misconception about being put into a trance state? Can someone cause another to do something illegal or immoral while in a trance?

7. What does it mean to be in a trance? What kind of person or activity is most likely to experience the state?

8. What happened between Arthur and the professor? What was the conflict?

9. The author includes a large number of examples featuring patients who are unaware of what actions? What kinds of results might there be from these particular actions?

10. What was Arthur's offer to the professor and the dean? What was the result?

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