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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. How old was Van der Kolk when he attended a summer camp and became interested in medicine?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

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

3. In which war did the veterans fight who gave Van der Kolk a particular gift for Christmas?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Vietnam War.

4. What part of her client's body was the massage therapist holding when her client called out to see where she had gone?
(a) Her neck.
(b) Her feet.
(c) Her head.
(d) Her back.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Prozac was introduced in 1988, Van der Kolk realized that it was a drug that helped people be what?

2. Van der Kolk states that "the way medicine approaches human suffering has always been determined by the" what "available at any given time" (31)?

3. From what location did Noam watch a plane slam into the World Trade Center on the morning of 9/11?

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

5. Van der Kolk states that it has always been obvious to him that "the key to healing was understanding how" what "works" (12)?

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