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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the opposite of being in a trance?
(a) Distraction.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Consciousness.
(d) Hyper awareness.

2. The author states that if aware of certain behaviors - simple or complex - a patient may be able to:
(a) Teach the technique.
(b) Quit therapy.
(c) Tackle bigger issues.
(d) Cure oneself.

3. People are often willing to do things under hypnosis that they might otherwise consider to be:
(a) Embarrassing.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Pointless.
(d) Rude.

4. Another way in which a patient may be treated for a particularly difficult problem is by using the tool of:
(a) Redirection.
(b) Changing the subject.
(c) Refocusing.
(d) Avoidance.

5. The doctor believes people can change if only one can:
(a) Create a long term plan.
(b) Address one of the bigger issues.
(c) Push the right buttons.
(d) Gain the patient's respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Erickson grow up?

2. The woman in the story found her routine medical treatments to be:

3. What was the main part of the student's system that allowed him to keep remarkable notes?

4. How many surgeries did the woman have to have in order to recover from her problems?

5. People in a trance state may be willing to do something silly such as:

(see the answer key)

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