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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) Heart.
(c) Guts.
(d) Brain.

2. When Van der Kolk asked Noam what the object at the bottom of his drawing was, Noam said it was what kind of object?
(a) A pair of wings.
(b) A trampoline.
(c) A swimming pool.
(d) A traffic cone.

3. In which part of the brain did PTSD sufferers show no activity when shown images of people looking at them with direct gazes?
(a) The hippocampus.
(b) The frontal lobe.
(c) The Periaqueductal Blue.
(d) The amygdala.

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 watch.
(d) A scarf.

5. Tom, the patient Van der Kolk describes in Chapter 1: Lessons From Vietnam Veterans, had been in which branch of the military?
(a) The Army.
(b) The Marines.
(c) The Navy.
(d) The Air Force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was the object Noam drew at the bottom of his picture that piqued Van der Kolk's interest?

2. What types of techniques became possible in the early 1990s and helped humans understand the way the brain processes information?

3. PTSD sufferers in the study explained by Van der Kolk nearly always went into what mode in response to being looked at?

4. In what decade was Thorazine first discovered and marketed?

5. In what year did Steve Porges develop the Polyvagal Theory?

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