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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Erickson is a big believer in learning how to establish _____ with another person.
(a) Honesty.
(b) Cooperation.
(c) Trust.
(d) Rapport.

2. Erickson's patients often think that they are:
(a) Doomed.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Incapable of change.
(d) Wasting time and money.

3. What is it called when a certain place or thing causes a specific reaction?
(a) Annoyance.
(b) Reactive behavior.
(c) Trigger.
(d) Naivete.

4. People in a trance state may be willing to do something silly such as:
(a) Dance around a room full of people.
(b) Bark.
(c) Kiss a total stranger.
(d) Act like a chicken.

5. As one gets older, it is common to remember the action but to forget the ____.
(a) Skill.
(b) Result.
(c) Motion.
(d) Purpose.

6. Athletes in a certain state of mind or trance state often refer to it as being:
(a) On top of the game.
(b) Unbeatable.
(c) In the zone.
(d) Distracted.

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

8. The author states that the beliefs about trances are:
(a) Long lived.
(b) Absurd.
(c) Nonexistent.
(d) New thought.

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

10. Erickson discusses a woman who was ashamed of what type of blemish on her skin?
(a) Scar.
(b) Coldsore.
(c) Mole.
(d) Rash.

11. The doctor uses which technique to uncover hidden behaviors, thoughts and feelings?
(a) Role playing.
(b) Medication.
(c) Automatic writing.
(d) Hypnosis.

12. If a person says he cannot be put into a trance, Erickson says that the person is most likely:
(a) Nervous.
(b) Correct.
(c) Incorrect.
(d) Untrained.

13. People often have misconceptions and erroneous preconceived notions about which of the following?
(a) Psychiatry.
(b) Energy Healing.
(c) Psychometry.
(d) Trance states.

14. Where did Erickson grow up?
(a) Desert.
(b) Inner city.
(c) Farm.
(d) Suburbs.

15. What commonly causes athletes to get into their trance states?
(a) Determination.
(b) Adrenaline.
(c) Endorphins.
(d) Focus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the person who has annotated Erickson's work?

2. What type of athlete is most likely to experience the heightened state?

3. To whom did the professor and the student go for help?

4. People will not do anything in a trance that goes against which of the following?

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

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