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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. PTSD sufferers in the study explained by Van der Kolk nearly always went into what mode in response to being looked at?
(a) Survival.
(b) Aggression.
(c) Self-pity.
(d) Attack.

2. In the dedication to the book, what object does Van der Kolk use to metaphorically characterize his patients?
(a) Beacons.
(b) Keys.
(c) Textbooks.
(d) Kingdoms.

3. Noam, his father, and which other member of his family fled together from the wreckage of the World Trade Center?
(a) Noam's mother.
(b) Noam's older sister.
(c) Noam's cousin.
(d) Noam's older brother.

4. In Chapter 2: Revolutions in Understanding Mind and Brain, Van der Kolk discusses being a witness to which transition in the psychiatric field?
(a) Confinement to group therapy.
(b) Pharmaceuticals to behavior therapy.
(c) Talk therapy to pharmaceuticals.
(d) Electroshock therapy to talk therapy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Steve Porges develop the Polyvagal Theory?

2. At the end of Chapter 2: Revolution in Understanding Mind and Brain, Van der Kolk explains that when he saw the limitations of drugs in the treatment of trauma, he began to look for treatments that were more what?

3. From which person at camp did Van der Kolk learn about the functions of human kidneys?

4. When Van der Kolk asked Noam what the object at the bottom of his drawing was, Noam said it was what kind of object?

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

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