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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One case of Chapter 4 includes a man named Harold who asserts that he is homosexual and hates women. He is also what?
(a) Wealthy and attractive.
(b) Married with children.
(c) Financially poor and an idiot.
(d) Deaf and mute.

2. Harold would finally happen into a heterosexual relationship with whom?
(a) An older woman neighbor.
(b) His sister's friend.
(c) His best friend.
(d) The woman Erickson introduced him to.

3. Which title from Chapter 1 is also used for negative reinforcement and as a means to redirect patients?
(a) "Encouraging Resistance".
(b) "Providing a Worse Alternative".
(c) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(d) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".

4. What is the title of Chapter 1 in the book?
(a) "Seeding Ideas".
(b) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(c) "Encouraging Resistance".
(d) "Strategic Therapy".

5. Which heading in Chapter 1 shows how Erickson gets the husband to enter therapy just to straighten out the therapist?
(a) "Encouraging a Response by Frustrating It".
(b) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(c) "Encouraging Resistance".
(d) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".

Short Answer Questions

1. Milton Erickson came from the American Midwest and received the majority of his education and preliminary work experience in Wisconsin and _____.

2. When Harold has succeeded in school, Erickson persuades him to drop the idea that he is somehow _____ minded.

3. In Chapter 2, the author notes that among humans, the mating style appears to vary _____.

4. During the 1950s, there was still debate about what in psychotherapy?

5. It is stated in In Chapter 2 that some, but not all, will naturally ________; others will not. This evidently affects the culture.

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