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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Marriage and Its Consequences.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which situation is it said that new way of finding their equilibrium as a couple is needed?
(a) When someone passes away.
(b) During divorce.
(c) After childbirth.
(d) When parents grow old.

2. After Erickson's client secured the job in Chapter 3, the therapist asked for details about how corrections were made when the client revealed that there had been _____.
(a) A promotion.
(b) A foreclosure.
(c) A resignation.
(d) Mistakes.

3. Once Erickson _____________, he then keeps out of that friendship so that it takes its own natural course.
(a) Arranges for a client to contact parental figures.
(b) Helps a patient to establish contact.
(c) Sets up a date.
(d) Sets up interviews with other clients.

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

5. Which title from Chapter 1 shows how indirect communication can be better therapy in some cases?
(a) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(b) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".
(c) "Encouraging Resistance".
(d) "Causing Change by Communicating in Metaphor".

Short Answer Questions

1. Haley explains that Erickson, in dealing with ______, does not attempt to change their fundamental nature and does not even try to confront the real problem directly.

2. One marital trouble that can occur was exemplified in Chapter 5 as the case of a young wife with a _____ hand.

3. The first heading of Chapter 1 is titled _____________; wherein, the individual in therapy is re-educated to view resistance as a form of cooperation in its own right.

4. Erickson writes of withholding and sharing information and of how he succeeds in curing a young woman of pain she experiences during ______.

5. What is the title of Chapter 1 in the book?

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