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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 color was the object Noam drew at the bottom of his picture that piqued Van der Kolk's interest?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

2. What is NOT a quality that results from an extended period of elevated stress hormone levels?
(a) Fear.
(b) Immunity.
(c) Depression.
(d) Rage.

3. Chapter 12, “The Unbearable Heaviness of Remembering,” begins with the assertion that scientific interest in trauma has been experiencing wild fluctuations for how many years?
(a) 100.
(b) 75.
(c) 30.
(d) 150.

4. What part of her client's body was the massage therapist holding when her client called out to see where she had gone?
(a) Her neck.
(b) Her head.
(c) Her feet.
(d) Her back.

5. What is NOT an element described by W. H. Auden as one that resents "approaches that are too intense" (125)?
(a) Love.
(b) Truth.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Loyalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of role does Van der Kolk say Noam had been able to take in his own rescue, saving him from deeper trauma?

2. Which score on the ACE questionnaire would indicate the largest risk of negative effects from childhood trauma?

3. What is NOT an institution that often results in trauma survivors' needs being dismissed?

4. At the end of Chapter 7, "Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement," Van der Kolk asserts that which poet must have had somewhat attentive parents?

5. Which individual or group was NOT mentioned among the people Maria was able to talk to as a result of her equine therapy?

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