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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. What did Tom do for a living after he returned from Vietnam?
(a) He became an accountant.
(b) He became a veterinarian.
(c) He became a lawyer.
(d) He became a doctor.

2. What sort of radioactive substance was used in the test Van der Kolk conducted on a number of subjects?
(a) Saline solution.
(b) Milk.
(c) Oxygen.
(d) Plasma.

3. How old was Noam when he watched a plane slam into the World Trade Center on 9/11?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 16.

4. What was the name of Van der Kolk's "great teacher" who taught his students to be "skeptical about textbooks" (19)?
(a) Saul Zaentz.
(b) Abram Kardiner.
(c) Elvin Semrad.
(d) Paul Harrington.

5. Van der Kolk states that he grew up in which country during the postwar years?
(a) Holland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Denmark.

Short Answer Questions

1. When trauma survivors experience flashbacks, which part of their brains are the only areas to light up?

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

3. What is NOT a trauma to which the woman featured in Chapter 6: Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self was subjected?

4. From which person at camp did Van der Kolk learn about the functions of human kidneys?

5. What are the only people in Noam's drawing doing within his picture of the scene of 9/11?

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