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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Haley cites one of Erickson's cases in Chapter 6 where the mother who sought treatment was ultimately what?
(a) Divorced.
(b) Faced with adoption.
(c) Imprisoned.
(d) Left out.

2. In cases where only the wife comes in, the husband has often implied that the therapist is having some kind of relationship with his wife, therefore _____ the relationship.
(a) Irritating.
(b) Complicating.
(c) Emasculating.
(d) Triangulating.

3. Chapter 7 includes examples of when one partner's ______ behavior has disturbed the sexual life of the couple.
(a) Controlling.
(b) Coercive.
(c) Creative.
(d) Abusive.

4. The suggestion of Erickson's in Chapter 6 is that he takes what action to protect the over-all wellbeing of the mind of the patient?
(a) Abrasive behavior.
(b) Reverse psychology.
(c) Hypnosis.
(d) Amnesia.

5. The parents in one example in Chapter 8 were so competitive, that one of the parents had spent a week in the same town where the daughter lived for the sole purpose of helping the daughter do what?
(a) Get to therapy.
(b) Call home.
(c) Do her homework.
(d) Do laundry.

6. In the case of the child with the sore, Erickson took personal responsibility to mimic addressing what that should have been covered by the parents?
(a) His fears of neglect.
(b) His sexuality.
(c) His fear of abandonment.
(d) An educational concern.

7. One extreme example of dependency in Chapter 8 is when a young woman goes off to college and her parents build an addition to the house so she can live there while she is an adult, including when?
(a) After she's disowned them.
(b) After they've died.
(c) After college.
(d) After marriage.

8. The husband who threatens to kill his wife about the gender of their child is of what occupation?
(a) Laborer.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Banker.
(d) Doctor.

9. What is the name of the man whom Erickson treats in Chapter 8 who had lost 80 lbs. in 6 months?
(a) Sean.
(b) Steven.
(c) Harold.
(d) Herbert.

10. Where was the man from whom Erickson helped to walk in Chapter 9?
(a) Prussia.
(b) India.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

11. The book ends with the wife of the man who had a stroke contacting Erickson after how long, with a request for a new set of therapeutic treatments?
(a) Six years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) A decade.

12. Solving problems associated with alcohol, prescription tranquilizer, and illegal drug use are all included in what chapter?
(a) Chapter 9.
(b) Chapter 2.
(c) Chapter 6.
(d) Chapter 7.

13. For some parents the transition from being a parent into _________ actually makes it easier for over involved parents to let go of their own offspring.
(a) Growing old.
(b) None of the answers is correct..
(c) Empty nesters.
(d) Being a grandparent.

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

15. The parents in Chapter 8 who had dependency issues revisited the therapist when their daughter became ______. They weren't sure how often they should visit.
(a) Paraplegic.
(b) Estranged.
(c) A mother.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. For people who have a healthy and integrated sense of every stage of life, are surrounded by friends, and well enough ____, the final phase of life can be quite pleasurable and go on for decades.

2. There are numerous cases referred to in Chapter 6. One is about a sore that festered for how long?

3. In the case where the husband has threatened to kill his wife unless she gives birth to a child of the gender he wants, Erickson recommends the couple do what?

4. The 19th-century method was to treat a patient in what way?

5. What is often an integral part of Erickson's treatment plan?

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