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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Marriage and Family Dilemmas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hypnosis is described as a special way of _______.
(a) Administering help.
(b) Brain washing.
(c) Beaconing.
(d) Communicating.

2. In a nonviolent case, Erickson often encourages _____ within a couple.
(a) Letter-writing.
(b) Spying.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Dissent.

3. 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) Emotional.
(c) Destructive.
(d) Demonstrative.

4. Where additional education is needed, Erickson recommends it; for instance, _________ can educate girls whose mothers or other older women did not properly train in make up or fashion.
(a) Professional beauty assistants.
(b) Aunts or cousins.
(c) Sisters and cousins.
(d) Therapists.

5. Which heading in Chapter 1 has the most hypnotic focus?
(a) "Emphasizing the Positive".
(b) "Seeding Ideas".
(c) "Encouraging Resistance".
(d) "Avoiding Self-Exploration".

Short Answer Questions

1. It states in Chapter 2 that therapists often discover that habituated communication problems and other issues, including the involvement of _____, are all highly relevant to the families at this juncture.

2. Erickson mentions that in cases where the woman won't let the man talk, as the therapist, he will either get her to keep her mouth shut and listen or will do what?

3. Eventually, through a lengthy process including both success and failure, Erickson gets Harold to complete what?

4. Under which heading does Haley write that the marriage ceremony is actually very important to more than just those who are marrying?

5. In what technique does Erickson use trance to release people from deep-seated behavior patterns, some of which have been counter productive or relied upon to reduce fears?

(see the answer key)

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