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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Pain of Old Age.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a couple is able to remain civil and reasonably safe and sane in their fighting, Erickson ______.
(a) Disapproves regardless.
(b) Encourages it outside the office.
(c) Asks one member to leave.
(d) Strongly approves of it,

2. Either Harold wasn't truly homosexual in the first place, but had other troubles with women, or was a bisexual who was turned on to women once what?
(a) His sister died.
(b) His fears of them had been properly addressed.
(c) He came to terms with his abusive childhood.
(d) His parents passed away.

3. The elderly man in Chapter 9 is first roused from nearly a full year in bed by being _______ by his therapist.
(a) Verbally tormented.
(b) Offered food.
(c) Praised.
(d) Whispered to.

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

5. 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) Sisters and cousins.
(b) Aunts or cousins.
(c) Professional beauty assistants.
(d) Therapists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Haley states in Chapter 2 that a pattern involving a built-in need for making changes and adjustments is part of what?

2. Haley notes in Chapter 8 that people may or may not recognize that they need to be _______ their own children.

3. Which heading in Chapter 1 is shown to help work out residual resistance to desirable changes?

4. Which title from Chapter 1 shows how indirect communication can be better therapy in some cases?

5. Once Erickson _____________, he then keeps out of that friendship so that it takes its own natural course.

(see the answer key)

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