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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: Facing Trauma and Part One: The Rediscovery of Trauma.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Tom refused to comply with which type of treatment prescribed by Van der Kolk?
(a) Pharmaceuticals.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Hypnosis.
(d) Behavioral Therapy.

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

4. In 1982, Van der Kolk accepted a position at a mental health center in what state?
(a) New York.
(b) Maine.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. In what decade was Thorazine first discovered and marketed?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The 1960s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1950s.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many fundamental avenues does Van der Kolk claim can "palliate or even reverse the damage" (13) caused by trauma?

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

4. How many patients did Van der Kolk get to describe their trauma while having their brains scanned when the technology first became available?

5. In what year did Van der Kolk meet Tom?

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