1. According to paragraph 3, what is true about agoraphobia?

a) It is fear of being in a marketplace

b) It tends to develop out of preexisting panic attacks
c) It always results in being confined to one’s home.
d) It is fear of other people.

2. What can be inferred from paragraph 5 about phobias?

a) Clinical phobias are more intense than every day fears and anxiety
b) Most people with phobias are afraid of spiders or flying
c) The majority of phobia sufferers are men
d) The children of phobic parents always develop phobias.

3. Which of the following best expresses the essential information in the highlighted
sentence in the passage?
a) Treating phobias entails avoiding situations that elicit unacceptable feelings.
b) Avoiding a phobic situation is a way of avoiding the deeper impulses which initially
generated the phobia.
c) All phobias stem from unacknowledged aggressive and sexual impulses
d) The consequences of phobias can lead to aggressive behavior.

4. Why does a writer compare a phobia to a child’s attempt to master a challenge in

paragraph 7
a) To show how phobias originate in a fear of certain kinds of language
b) To explain that phobias develop because individuals are not honest with themselves about
their own fears
c) To highlight the ways that phobias transfer anxiety from one situation to another that is
similar
d) To stress the fact that phobias are not objectively real, but exist inside a person’s mind.

5. Complete the table below to summarize information about phobias

Phobias Statements a. Confinement to personal safety zones, such as the home

A-Agoraphobia Select 1 b. Fear of public humiliation

B-Social phobias Select 2 c. Ability to enjoy pleasurable activities

C-Specific Select 3 d. Claustrophobia

phobias
e. Child rearing methods

f. Fear of spiders
g. Fear of eating in front of others