View a FREE sample

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. From what borough of New York City did Noam flee with member of his family on 9/11?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Queens.

2. What is NOT one of the actions Van der Kolk says he hopes the reader will take in relation to trauma?
(a) Explore it.
(b) Dismiss it.
(c) Face it.
(d) Prevent it.

3. What is NOT a trauma to which the woman featured in Chapter 6: Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self was subjected?
(a) Child abuse.
(b) Kidnapping.
(c) Rape.
(d) Incest.

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) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

5. Tom, the patient Van der Kolk describes in Chapter 1: Lessons From Vietnam Veterans, had been in which branch of the military?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The Navy.
(c) The Marines.
(d) The Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what university did Steve Porges work as a researcher when he developed the Polyvagal Theory?

2. Van der Kolk asserts that SSRIs such as Prozac should act as what element in the comprehensive treatment plan of a survivor of trauma?

3. How many days after the events of September 11, 2001 did Noam draw the picture contained in the text?

4. Who coined the term "neuroception" (74) to describe the capacity to evaluate the safety within a particular environment?

5. One in how many Americans now takes an antidepressant medication, according to Van der Kolk?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 260 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample