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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: The Minds of Children.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. PTSD sufferers in the study explained by Van der Kolk nearly always went into what mode in response to being looked at?
(a) Aggression.
(b) Self-pity.
(c) Survival.
(d) Attack.

2. In Chapter 2: Revolutions in Understanding Mind and Brain, Van der Kolk discusses being a witness to which transition in the psychiatric field?
(a) Confinement to group therapy.
(b) Electroshock therapy to talk therapy.
(c) Pharmaceuticals to behavior therapy.
(d) Talk therapy to pharmaceuticals.

3. How many days after the events of September 11, 2001 did Noam draw the picture contained in the text?
(a) 1.
(b) 365.
(c) 14.
(d) 30.

4. What are the only people in Noam's drawing doing within his picture of the scene of 9/11?
(a) Flying.
(b) Running.
(c) Crying.
(d) Jumping.

5. Van der Kolk states that it has always been obvious to him that "the key to healing was understanding how" what "works" (12)?
(a) The human digestive system.
(b) The human organism.
(c) The human limbic system.
(d) The human brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Van der Kolk apply to the "primitive" (88) part of the brain where PTSD sufferers experienced all activity when subjected to the gaze of others?

2. In what state did Van der Kolk work with kids in the Children's Center at a particular mental health center?

3. What is the first option presented to an autonomic nervous system trying to navigate a dangerous situation?

4. What is NOT an element described by W. H. Auden as one that resents "approaches that are too intense" (125)?

5. Which attachment strategy is NOT classified among the group of organized attachment strategies?

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