Addiction & Grace. 2) The word attachment comes from an old French word meaning a) In love with b) Slavery c) Nailed to d) Drawn to

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1 Addiction & Grace Questions from chapter 1 1) When we repress a desire, try to keep it out of awareness, and focus on safer things, this is known as a) Avoidance b) Sublimation c) Displacement d) Addiction 2) The word attachment comes from an old French word meaning a) In love with b) Slavery c) Nailed to d) Drawn to 3) The author states the basic elements of addiction and grace are found in the Biblical story of a) The Flood b) Adam and Eve c) David and Goliath d) The Tower of Babel 4) The objects of our addictions are what we worship, what we attend to, where we give our time and energy instead of a) Work b) Love c) Relationships d) Life 5) What is the process that enslaves desire and creates the state of addiction? a) Habits b) Ignoring evidence c) Selfishness d) Attachment 6) For Christians, is the dynamic outpouring of God s loving nature that flows into and through creation in an endless self-offering of healing, love, illumination, and reconciliation. a) The Church b) The Incarnation c) The Sacraments d) Grace

2 7) Gandhi used the term to describe the internal undying ember of freedom, and he centered his doctrine of nonviolence upon it. a) Inner peace b) Otherness c) Striving d) Soul force Questions from chapter 2 8) Virtually all body functions take place as a result of shifting among chemicals that have opposing effects. a) Attractions b) Balances c) Volumes d) Repulsions 9) What is the phenomenon of always wanting or needing more of the addictive behavior or the object of attachment in order to feel satisfied? a) Tolerance b) Craving c) Plateauing d) Withdrawal 10) Two types of withdrawal symptoms are experienced when an addictive behavior is curtailed: and. a) Rebound, Equilibrium b) Equilibrium, Homeostasis c) Homeostasis, Stress Reaction d) Stress reaction, Rebound 11) A fundamental mind trick of addiction is focusing attention on a) Willpower b) Others c) External factors d) Needs 12) From a religious standpoint, the distortion of attention could be called the distortion of ultimate concern - another word for it is a) Selfishness b) Tunnel vision c) Distraction d) Idolatry

3 13) In addition to attraction addictions, it is important to consider addictions such as phobias and prejudices. a) Unconscious b) Learned c) Cultural d) Aversion 14) The author states that no addiction is good, no attachment is beneficial. a) True b) False Questions from chapter 3 15) Addiction attacks every part of what Freud called our mental apparatus. Subjectively, however, the attacks seem focused on tow primary areas: and. a) The will, Self-esteem b) Self-esteem, Desires c) Desires, Our senses d) Our sensed, The will 16) In major chemical addictions, the pattern of breeds a sense of alienation from oneself. a) Ups and downs b) Towards and away from c) Denial and repression d) Attraction and repulsion 17) Regarding delaying tactics, the mind is infinitely ingenious at the process of quitting. a) Obfuscating b) Oversimplifying c) Complicating d) Confusing 18) When a person temporarily succeeds in stopping the addictive behavior, the natural joy will undergo a malignant change; it will be replaced by a) Complacency b) Pride c) Fear d) Forgetfulness

4 19) The unwitting collusion by friends, family and coworkers is called a) Entrapment b) Codependency c) Temptation d) Denial 20) Freud felt that our cathexes were determined by two dynamics: the principle and the principle. a) Reality, Pain b) Pain, Unconscious c) Unconscious, Pleasure d) Pleasure, Reality 21) The author believes that the concept of the addictive personality is very useful in understanding addictions. a) True b) False 22) The second phase of the attachment process is a) Learning b) Struggle c) Bonding d) Habit formation 23) The poser of aversion attachment is invested in blocking a specific behavior, avoiding a particular experience. It does this through a) Positive punishment b) Positive reinforcement c) Negative punishment d) Negative reinforcement Questions from chapter 4 24) The brain as a whole can be seen as a in which billions of neurons live. a) Computer b) Colony c) Black box d) City 25) Nerve cells send messages through connections called a) Switching stations b) Synapses c) Portals d) Junctions

5 26) Feedback can occur in one of three ways, cells that are overactive may be inhibited; cells that are underactive may be stimulated; and cells that are doing well may be a) Promoted b) Reproduced c) Cell of the Month! d) Facilitated 27) The vast majority of feedback that naturally occurs in the brain is a) Excitatory b) Redundant c) Inhibitory d) Positive 28) What term refers to the process by which nerve cells become less sensitive and responsive to repeated stimuli? a) Equilibrium b) Habituation c) Facilitation d) Inhibition 29) What is given as an example of adaptation? a) Spicy Thai food b) Tanning c) Changing time zones d) Listening to rap music 30) Having to take more sleeping pills is an example of habituation causing a) A feedback loop b) Insomnia c) Tolerance d) Positive reinforcement 31) Because of, breaking an addiction usually requires changes in many different areas of life. a) Overlearning b) Habituation c) Multisystem involvement d) Stress addiction

6 32) Since multiple functional systems are involved, in attachment the learning becomes entrenched - a situation known as a) Permanence b) Rooting c) Embedding d) Ingraining Questions from chapter 5 33) From a perspective, one could say we displace our longing for God upon other things. a) Behavioral b) Cognitive c) Psychoanalytic d) Social Learning 34) The author likes which term for Homecoming by FitzGerald? a) Journey s end b) Grand reunion c) The ultimate potluck d) Transformation of desire 35) As children we have a simple sense of being, a diffuse, undifferentiated awareness in which nothing separated us from what we perceived. When we re-experience that quality of awareness, as we all sometimes do, we might call it a) Wholeness b) Unitive c) Completion d) Being centered 36) The author writes that our core is what Hebrew and Christian spiritualties have called a) Mind b) Soul c) Spirit d) Heart 37) Trying to be present to the mystery of God s call in a gentle, open-handed, and cooperative way is the option. a) Childlike b) Pilgrim s c) Contemplative d) Seeker s

7 38) The biblical word for temptation, peirasmos in Greek is variously translated as a) Trial, proving and test b) Lesson, punishment and guidance c) Sight, way and direction d) Blessing, gift and inheritance Questions from chapter 6 39) Water, especially freshly flowing water became a prominent image of God s grace. a) Living b) Pure c) Salt d) Holy 40) Authentic faith choices can never be justified on any basis. a) True b) False Questions from chapter 7 41) In spiritual tradition, human attempts to receive and respond to grace are called a) Stoicism b) Asceticism c) Pride d) Individualism 42) Reformation of behavior usually involves a) Finding someone to be accountable to b) Substituting one addiction for another c) Having a behavioral model d) Having no other options 43) If one answers Yes to the invitation to transformation, then the struggle becomes a) Real b) Sanctified c) Ours d) Consecrated

8 44) What does the author describe as nothing other than God s ordinary truth seen with surprised eyes? a) Miracles b) Life c) Relationships d) Memories Questions from chapter 8 45) The author states that those with greater intellectual abilities more readily fill the holy spaces in life with a) Work b) Pleasure c) Emotion d) Thoughts 46) The old desert father Abba Poeman is noted for saying vigilance, selfknowledge, and are the true guides of the soul. a) Wise counsel b) Wisdom c) Discernment d) History 47) Honesty risks that God is good, risks that we ourselves are good. a) Vulnerability b) Dignity c) Self-awareness d) And honesty 48) At its simplest level, means respecting ourselves and those around us. a) Loving b) Humanness c) Awareness d) Responsibility 49) No matter how we might want to amplify and elaborate it, stopping addictive behavior boils down to this: don t do it, refuse to do it, and keep refusing to do it. a) True b) False Cont..

9 50) If we can both and expect withdrawal pain, we will be much better prepared to face struggles with specific attachments. a) Justify and Accept b) Accept and Expect c) Expect and Fight d) Fight and Justify