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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Childbirth and Rearing the Young.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Erickson's use of intentional forms of amnesia as part of the trance is done in order to _________ and to empower individuals to make certain changes.
(a) Distress the patients.
(b) Make massive changes.
(c) Alleviate the distress of patients.
(d) Record their hidden secrets.

2. In Chapter 4, it becomes apparent over time that Harold is a very _______ worker.
(a) Lazy.
(b) Dedicated but uneducated.
(c) Diligent and good.
(d) Poor.

3. In order to heal the sore on a child's body in the example in Chapter 6, it was necessary for the boy's father to take over what?
(a) His social arrangements.
(b) Performing his son's domestic chores.
(c) His homework.
(d) His schooling.

4. Once Erickson helped the family of the boy with the sore, it cured the boy of his festering sore and the _______ behavior that had accompanied it.
(a) Quasi-compulsive.
(b) Destructive.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Demonstrative.

5. Under which heading does Haley address the final stages of life?
(a) "Weaning Parents from Children".
(b) "When I'm 64".
(c) "Retirement and Old Age".
(d) "Growing Old".

Short Answer Questions

1. What occurrence either forces or allows other relatives, be it the father or extended family, a great chance to take care of the baby?

2. Therapy is meant to facilitate the transition of a person from the situation of being a child into being what?

3. The transition from being a child into being an adult involves ______ of the relational patterns between family members.

4. Haley writes of one case in which a woman was directly threatened with death by her husband over what?

5. Perhaps one case from Chapter 6 did not want to be a mother but had no recourse other than to plead a kind of insanity so that the others would take control from her, or she possibly was mentally ill. What was she labeled with?

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