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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. How many years before the publication of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma did Mary Main and her colleagues coin the term "disorganized attachment" (116)?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

3. What position did Van der Kolk hold when he first began to work at a mental health center?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Recreation leader.
(c) Receptionist.
(d) Night watchman.

4. What is the first option presented to an autonomic nervous system trying to navigate a dangerous situation?
(a) Fight or flight.
(b) Freeze or collapse.
(c) Neuroception.
(d) Social engagement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who coined the phrase "the compulsion to repeat" (34) in the world of psychiatry?

2. The photograph discussed in Chapter 7, "Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement" depicts how many children watching their father complete a task?

3. When Van der Kolk asked Noam what the object at the bottom of his drawing was, Noam said it was what kind of object?

4. How many conditions must be met in order for the brain to do its main job?

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

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