English Quiz 13
Comprehension:-
The history of hypnosis is as ancient as that of sorcery, magic, and medicine, indeed, hypnosis has been used as a method in all three. Its scientific history began in the latter part of the 18th century with Franz Mesmer, a German physician who used hypnosis in the treatment of patients in Vienna and Paris. Because of his mistaken belief that hypnotism made use of an occult force (which he termed "animal magnetism") that flowed through the hypnotist into the subject, Mesmer was soon discredited, but Mesmer's method-named mesmerism after its creator-continued to interest medical practitioners. A number of clinicians made use of it without fully understanding its nature until the middle of the 19th century, when the English physician James Braid studied the phenomenon and coined the terms hypnotism and hypnosis, after the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos. Hypnosis attracted widespread scientific interest in the 1880s. Ambroise-Auguste Liebeault, an obscure F French country physician who used mesmeric techniques, drew the support of Hippolyte Bernhem a professor of medicine at Strasbourg, Independently they had written that hypnosis involved no physical forces and no physiological processes but was a combination of psychologically mediated responses to suggestions. During a visit to France at about the same time, Austrian physician Sigmund Freud was impressed by the therapeutic potential of hypnosis for neurotic disorders. On his return to Vienna, he used hypnosis to help neurotics recall disturbing events that they had apparently forgotten. As he began to develop his system of psychoanalysis, however theoretical considerations as well as the difficulty he encountered in hypnotizing some patients-led Freud to discard hypnosis in favour of free association.
Despite Freud's influential adoption and then rejection of hypnosis, some use was made of the technique in the psychoanalytic treatment of soldiers who had experienced combat neuroses during World Wars I and II. Hypnosis subsequently acquired other limited uses in medicine. Various researchers have put forth differing theories of what hypnosis is and how it might be understood, but there is still no generally accepted explanatory theory for the phenomenon.
(1) The passage mainly talks about:-
(a) Hypnosis and its loopholes
(b) The history and early research of hypnosis
(c) The present state of hypnosis
(d) More than one of the above
(e) None of the above
(b) The history and early research of hypnosis
(2) According to the given passage, which of the following statements is incorrect?
(a) There is still no generally accepted explanatory theory for the phenomenon called hypnosis.
(b) Sigmund Freud used hypnosis to help nwurotics recall disturbing events that they had apparently forgotten.
(c) The scientific history of hypnosis began in the latter part of the 17th century.
(d) More than one of the above
(e) None of the above
(c) The scientific history of hypnosis began in the latter part of the 17th century.
(3) Who coined the term hypnotism after the Greek god of sleep?
(a) Hippolyte Bernheim
(b) Franz Mesmer
(c) James Braid
(d) More than one of the above
(e) None of the above
(c) James Braid
(4) Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
I. Franz Mesmer- German Physician
II. Sigmund Freud- French Physician
III. Ambroise-Auguste Liebeault- Austrian Physician
(a) Only II
(b) Only I
(c) I, II and III
(d) More than one of the above
(e) None of the above
(b) Only I
(5) What is the synonym of the word 'impressed' as used in the passage?
(a) Concerned
(b) Dazzled
(c) Grieved
(d) More than one of the above
(e) None of the above
(b) Dazzled
(6) What is the antonym of the word 'Ancient' as used in the passage?
(a) Former
(b) Current
(c) New
(d) More than one of the above
(e) None of the above
(d) More than one of the above
(7) According to Sigmund Freud, hypnosis can also be used for?
(a) Physical disabilities
(b) Neurotic disorders
(c) Learning disorders
(d) More than one of the above
(e) None of the above
(b) Neurotic disorders
(8) According to the passage, hypnosis has been proven helpful to?
(a) Help neurotics remember what they have forgotten.
(b) Create medicines for some disorders
(c) Help doctors in surgeries
(d) More than one of the above
(e) None of the above
(a) Help neurotics remember what they have forgotten.
(9) What is the conclusion about the studies done on hypnosis?
(a) It can be used in various fields.
(b) It can not be studied further.
(c) No explanation that can be generally accepted.
(d) More than one of the above
(e) None of the above
(c) No explanation that can be generally accepted.
(10) Why did Sigmund Freud discard hypnosis?
(a) He found it difficult to hypnotize some patients
(b) Hypnosis was not working
(c) He faced criticism
(d) More than one of the above
(e) None of the above
(a) He found it difficult to hypnotize some patients
