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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. How many fundamental avenues does Van der Kolk claim can "palliate or even reverse the damage" (13) caused by trauma?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

2. Which group(s) of research subjects looking at the photograph of kids watching their father noted danger present in the situation?
(a) Only normal.
(b) Only traumatized.
(c) Both traumatized and normal.
(d) Neither traumatized nor normal.

3. In what state did Van der Kolk work with kids in the Children's Center at a particular mental health center?
(a) New York.
(b) Florida.
(c) Maine.
(d) Massachusetts.

4. Before the outbreak of a particular war refocused society's attention on trauma, what method of psychological treatment had risen to prominence?
(a) Talk therapy.
(b) Hypnosis.
(c) Electroshock.
(d) Pharmaceuticals.

5. What sole activity did Van der Kolk do with Annie during her first visit?
(a) He listened to her talk.
(b) He led her through breathing exercises.
(c) He rubbed her back.
(d) He sang with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Annie's first visit to see Van der Kolk, at what object did she direct her gaze the whole time?

2. During a session of EMDR, Van der Kolk's patient had been able to feel what quality of her child self?

3. What is the name of the woman featured in the discussion of massage therapy in Chapter 6: Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self?

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

5. What kind of expression did Marilyn draw on all of the people in her family portrait?

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