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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Paths to Recovery and Epilogue: Choices to Be Made.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Van der Kolk states that it has always been obvious to him that "the key to healing was understanding how" what "works" (12)?
(a) The human limbic system.
(b) The human brain.
(c) The human organism.
(d) The human digestive system.

2. What term does Van der Kolk apply to the "primitive" (88) part of the brain where PTSD sufferers experienced all activity when subjected to the gaze of others?
(a) The Periaqueductal Black.
(b) The Periaqueductal Gray.
(c) The Periaqueductal Yellow.
(d) The Periaqueductal Blue.

3. At the end of Chapter 2: Revolution in Understanding Mind and Brain, Van der Kolk explains that when he saw the limitations of drugs in the treatment of trauma, he began to look for treatments that were more what?
(a) Natural.
(b) Affordable.
(c) Invasive.
(d) Aggressive.

4. Noam, his father, and which other member of his family fled together from the wreckage of the World Trade Center?
(a) Noam's older sister.
(b) Noam's mother.
(c) Noam's older brother.
(d) Noam's cousin.

5. In what state did Van der Kolk undertake a study of traumatic memories versus benign memories?
(a) Virginia.
(b) California.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country did Desmond Tutu moderate public hearings for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?

2. In what year did Van der Kolk convince a circuit court judge that memories of sexual abuse often remain inaccessible to victims for years?

3. What is NOT an institution that often results in trauma survivors' needs being dismissed?

4. In what year was the DSM-IV published?

5. What diagnosis did Van der Kolk and his colleagues try to add to the DSM-IV before its publication?

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