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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under which heading does Haley write that the marriage ceremony is actually very important to more than just those who are marrying?
(a) "Marriage and Its Consequences".
(b) "The Growing of Family".
(c) "The Secular Family".
(d) "The Marriage of Family".

2. Addressing their fears and insecurities while helping them to make some needed _______ are all part of the therapy for those who want this.
(a) Regressions.
(b) Transformations.
(c) Evolutions.
(d) Admissions.

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

4. The one condition on which Erickson allows couples to fight was that they genuinely seek to what?
(a) Not involve their children in their disputes.
(b) Not speak to the therapist as a third party.
(c) Not shout.
(d) Resolve the disagreement in a conclusive and definitive manner.

5. 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.
(a) Therapists.
(b) Alcohol and drugs.
(c) Grandparents.
(d) Friends and neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once he overcomes the severe effects of the poverty of his childhood, Harold manages to develop a new habit of __________.

2. When Erickson conducts long-term therapy, he does not do it as extensive and lengthy contact with meetings once each week for years. Instead, he does what?

3. Milton Erickson came from the American Midwest and received the majority of his education and preliminary work experience in Wisconsin and _____.

4. Which heading in Chapter 1 involves subjective aspects of time?

5. There may be fears, insecurities and inadequacies involved, but Erickson is not so interested in these or in explaining all about the shortcomings to the client, but rather Erickson focuses on helping the client to work towards what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Erickson's methods of frustration, space, and emphasizing the positive.

2. What does Haley write about the institution of marriage in the beginning of Chapter 5?

3. What progress does Harold make educationally in his work with Erickson?

4. Describe the first life phase discussed in Chapter 2.

5. How long does the therapy process last working with Erickson?

6. When was hypnosis introduced to the psychiatric community and why?

7. What does Jay Haley remark about Erickson's contribution to the progression of psychotherapy in the beginning of the book?

8. Give an example of a case where trance was used by Erickson in Chapter 5.

9. Describe Erickson's use of metaphor and relapse.

10. What is Haley's assertion of changes occurring in "Childbirth and Dealing with the Young"?

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