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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: This is Your Brain on Trauma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Spine.
(b) Guts.
(c) Heart.
(d) Brain.

2. What two activities were the only ones that could calm Tom when he returned from Vietnam?
(a) Sleeping and eating.
(b) Skydiving and smoking.
(c) Binge drinking and riding his bicycle.
(d) Binge drinking and riding his motorcycle.

3. Van der Kolk realized when he read about Meier's experiments that just like the animals, his patients had been robbed of what response?
(a) The defensive response.
(b) The empathetic response.
(c) The self-preservation response.
(d) The fight/flight response.

4. What sort of object did a group of veterans to whom Van der Kolk provided care give him for Christmas one year?
(a) A medal.
(b) A hat.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A watch.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which level of the autonomic nervous system's response to danger is characterized by actions like calling for help?

5. At what university did Steve Porges work as a researcher when he developed the Polyvagal Theory?

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