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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the opposite of being in a trance?

2. If a person says he cannot be put into a trance, Erickson says that the person is most likely:

3. People are often willing to do things under hypnosis that they might otherwise consider to be:

4. In what field did Erickson choose to make a career?

5. Where did the animal like to be scratched?

Short Essay Questions

1. The author talks about rapport and relating to another person. Why should one strive to build rapport?

2. How did Arthur and the professor handle the situation?

3. 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?

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

5. Is it possible to recover from a set of forgotten skills? What example is used?

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

7. Erickson often received criticism for his methods of practice. Who gave out the criticism and what was the main complaint?

8. Erickson talks about forgotten skills. What does the doctor mean about forgotten skills? What was the example used?

9. Who is Arthur? Why is Arthur's story important to the text presented by Rosen?

10. Why are patients unable or unwilling to help themselves to change their behaviors? Why does Erickson disagree?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a detailed biography of Milton H. Erickson, MD. Include his personal and professional lives, education, techniques, contributions to the field of hypnotherapy, etc.

Essay Topic 2

Everyone has automatic behaviors in certain situations. The behaviors may stem from many issues but are almost always subconscious. What examples of automatic behavior are used in the text? Are the behaviors reasonable? Do you think you have any automatic behaviors? If so, what do they deal with? Do they have any connection to a physical injury like the woman in the book? Are the behaviors triggered by something specific? Ask family and friends for observations on your automatic behaviors. Once conscious of the behaviors, do you notice when you do it? Do you still do the behaviors?

Essay Topic 3

The author mentions the great physician Paracelsus, a 15-16th century physician. Paracelsus was also dubbed as the "Father of Toxicology." How does Erickson compare to Paracelsus? What is the connection between the two men? To what ideas of Paracelsus' did Erickson subscribe? Who do you think might be viewing Erickson's work as Erickson did Paracelsus? Give an example of how Erickson used Paracelsus' theories in his work.

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