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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. Harold succeeds in cultivating a friendship with an unintelligent ______ man who has been highly effective at making the best of who he is.
(a) Handicapped.
(b) Educated.
(c) Fatherly.
(d) Wealthy.

2. One case in Chapter 6 was about how the therapist helped a mother to re-establish her authority with her son. How old was the child?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Fourteen.

3. The transition from being a child into being an adult involves ______ of the relational patterns between family members.
(a) Manipulation.
(b) Removal.
(c) Rearrangement.
(d) Dismissal.

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

5. The first example Haley gives in Chapter 9 involves a man with an intense fear of what?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Elevators.
(c) Heights.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erickson cites examples of a couple that ceased to have an alcohol problem when they did what on weekends?

2. The dynamic between the parents of the child with the sore was affected because they paid attention to ______ in relation to the chores in a different way.

3. A prominent concern is a family entanglement in which Harold needs to alter the dynamic with himself and one of his siblings who is one member of what kind of couple?

4. Erickson claims that when a husband and wife where _____ of each other, it was best to see them together.

5. For those who glorify ______, older years may have a more difficult psychological impact.

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