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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. What kind of role does Van der Kolk say Noam had been able to take in his own rescue, saving him from deeper trauma?
(a) Passive.
(b) Active.
(c) Thoughtful.
(d) Creative.

2. 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?
(a) Never existed.
(b) Will happen again.
(c) Has come to an end.
(d) Is still happening.

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

4. What are the only people in Noam's drawing doing within his picture of the scene of 9/11?
(a) Crying.
(b) Flying.
(c) Jumping.
(d) Running.

5. The Polyvagal Theory involves the existence of how many different levels of response within the control of the autonomic nervous system?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Tom, the patient Van der Kolk describes in Chapter 1: Lessons From Vietnam Veterans, had been in which branch of the military?

3. What is NOT a quality that results from an extended period of elevated stress hormone levels?

4. 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?

5. Van der Kolk states that he grew up in which country during the postwar years?

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