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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. Which level of the autonomic nervous system's response to danger is characterized by actions like entering a fugue state?
(a) Social engagement.
(b) Fight or flight.
(c) Neuroception.
(d) Freeze or collapse.

2. In what year did Steve Porges develop the Polyvagal Theory?
(a) 1981.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1994.

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

4. 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 Yellow.
(b) The Periaqueductal Blue.
(c) The Periaqueductal Black.
(d) The Periaqueductal Gray.

5. When Prozac was introduced in 1988, Van der Kolk realized that it was a drug that helped people be what?
(a) Optimistic.
(b) Happy.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Present.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1982, Van der Kolk accepted a position at a mental health center in what state?

2. The function of the brain, Van der Kolk asserts, is to ensure what?

3. In which war did the veterans fight who gave Van der Kolk a particular gift for Christmas?

4. On which symptom of Tom's did Van der Kolk focus his initial treatment?

5. What did Tom do for a living after he returned from Vietnam?

(see the answer key)

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