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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: The Imprint of Trauma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of expression did Marilyn draw on all of the people in her family portrait?
(a) Blank.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

2. How many millions of children are spending all or part of their childhoods in foster care in the United States at any given time?
(a) 3/4.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

3. In which war did the veterans fight who gave Van der Kolk a particular gift for Christmas?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The Korean War.

4. A character from which novel provides the quote for the epigraph of Chapter 11, "Uncovering Secrets: The Problems of Traumatic Memory"?
(a) All Quiet on the Western Front.
(b) The Sisters Brothers.
(c) The Red Badge of Courage.
(d) Lonesome Dove.

5. In Charles Darwin's book entitled The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, he asserts that all but which of the following parts of the body communicate along the same nerve?
(a) Heart.
(b) Spine.
(c) Guts.
(d) Brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Van der Kolk and a colleague conduct a study of traumatic versus benign memories?

2. To whom is the epigraph for Chapter 7, "Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement" attributed?

3. What is NOT a quality that results from an extended period of elevated stress hormone levels?

4. The outbreak of which war in the early twentieth century led to a renewed focus on the subject of trauma?

5. How old was Marilyn when Van der Kolk first began to treat her?

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