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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. Haley observes that there are repercussions throughout the family system (meaning people of the families that led up to this union are affected by the turn of events) when what occurs?
(a) The death of a grandparent.
(b) The death of a parent.
(c) The arrival of offspring.
(d) The intersection of families.

2. Erickson does not tell Harold there is anything wrong with _________; he tells Harold that he wants to put Harold into a position to be open to changing or keeping his ideas about himself.
(a) His sexual orientation
(b) His emotions.
(c) His appearance.
(d) His intellect.

3. When Harold has succeeded in school, Erickson persuades him to drop the idea that he is somehow _____ minded.
(a) Feeble.
(b) Powerfully.
(c) Strong.
(d) Intelligently.

4. The one condition on which Erickson allows couples to fight was that they genuinely seek to what?
(a) Not shout.
(b) Not speak to the therapist as a third party.
(c) Not involve their children in their disputes.
(d) Resolve the disagreement in a conclusive and definitive manner.

5. Haley writes of one case in which a woman was directly threatened with death by her husband over what?
(a) Her family.
(b) Her spending.
(c) The gender of their baby.
(d) Her infidelity.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are numerous cases referred to in Chapter 6. One is about a sore that festered for how long?

2. In the case of the child with the sore, Erickson took personal responsibility to mimic addressing what that should have been covered by the parents?

3. Under which heading does Haley address the final stages of life?

4. Haley writes of a case in Chapter 5 in which a new mother was so distraught that she was hospitalized; the trouble was that in some cases, the receipt of treatment is used by others in the greater familial context as what?

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

(see the answer key)

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