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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. On which symptom of Tom's did Van der Kolk focus his initial treatment?
(a) Incontinence.
(b) Nightmares.
(c) Facial tics.
(d) Insomnia.

2. When trauma survivors experience flashbacks, which part of their brains are the only areas to light up?
(a) The left side of the brain.
(b) The amygdala.
(c) The hippocampus.
(d) The right side of the brain.

3. Van der Kolk describes Steven Meier's experiments using electric shock with which types of animals?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Birds.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Fish.

4. How many patients did Van der Kolk get to describe their trauma while having their brains scanned when the technology first became available?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

5. What types of techniques became possible in the early 1990s and helped humans understand the way the brain processes information?
(a) Brain-imaging.
(b) Sound therapy.
(c) Electrostatic.
(d) Hydrotherapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of radioactive substance was used in the test Van der Kolk conducted on a number of subjects?

2. What was the name of Van der Kolk's "great teacher" who taught his students to be "skeptical about textbooks" (19)?

3. What is NOT an area of the brain pointed out within the set of images in Chapter 3: Looking into the Brain: The Neuroscience Revolution?

4. In what year was the diagnosis of PTSD added to the American Psychiatric Association's array of diagnoses?

5. Near the end of Chapter 3: Looking into the Brain: The Neuroscience Revolution, Van der Kolk states, "When something reminds traumatized people of the past, their right brain reacts as if the traumatic event" is what?

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