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

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

3. What is the second option presented to an autonomic nervous system trying to navigate a dangerous situation?
(a) Social engagement.
(b) Neuroception.
(c) Fight or flight.
(d) Freeze or collapse.

4. How many days after 9/11 did Van der Kolk visit family friends who had been near the World Trade Center that morning?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 7.
(d) 21.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first option presented to an autonomic nervous system trying to navigate a dangerous situation?

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?

3. Van der Kolk realized when he read about Meier's experiments that just like the animals, his patients had been robbed of what response?

4. Van der Kolk states that he wrote the book to serve "as both a guide" (14) and what other object?

5. In what year did Van der Kolk meet Tom?

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