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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: The Minds of Children.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Van der Kolk's "great teacher" who taught his students to be "skeptical about textbooks" (19)?
(a) Abram Kardiner.
(b) Paul Harrington.
(c) Saul Zaentz.
(d) Elvin Semrad.

2. 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 Gray.
(c) The Periaqueductal Blue.
(d) The Periaqueductal Black.

3. In Chapter 8: “Trapped in Relationships: The Cost of Abuse and Neglect,” Van der Kolk claims that victims of sexual abuse are often diagnosed with clinical depression if a doctor focuses on which symptom?
(a) Ennui.
(b) Dissociation.
(c) Listlessness.
(d) Despair.

4. What types of techniques became possible in the early 1990s and helped humans understand the way the brain processes information?
(a) Electrostatic.
(b) Brain-imaging.
(c) Hydrotherapy.
(d) Sound therapy.

5. From which person at camp did Van der Kolk learn about the functions of human kidneys?
(a) His uncle Michael.
(b) His camp counselor Michael.
(c) His cousin Michael.
(d) His best friend Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the diagnosis of PTSD added to the American Psychiatric Association's array of diagnoses?

2. Van der Kolk states that "the way medicine approaches human suffering has always been determined by the" what "available at any given time" (31)?

3. The photograph discussed in Chapter 7: , "Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement" depicts children watching their father complete what task?

4. Who coined the phrase "the compulsion to repeat" (34) in the world of psychiatry?

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

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