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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. Van der Kolk states that when people are faced with danger, they secrete what substance?
(a) Sweat.
(b) Dopamine.
(c) Stress hormones.
(d) Pheromones.

2. What is the name of the woman featured in the discussion of massage therapy in Chapter 6: Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self?
(a) Melanie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Jamie.
(d) Sherry.

3. How old was Van der Kolk when he attended a summer camp and became interested in medicine?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 9.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the early 1980s, the standard psychiatry textbook stated that incest occurred about once in every how many women?

2. In what year was the object issued that a group of veteran patients of Van der Kolk's gave him for Christmas one year?

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

4. What sort of object did a group of veterans to whom Van der Kolk provided care give him for Christmas one year?

5. In what decade was Thorazine first discovered and marketed?

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