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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: The Imprint of Trauma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Right limbic area.
(b) Broca's area.
(c) Hippocampus.
(d) Visual cortex.

2. In what city did Van der Kolk convince a circuit court judge that memories of sexual abuse often remain inaccessible to victims for years?
(a) Boston.
(b) Cincinnati.
(c) Chicago.
(d) San Francisco.

3. What is NOT a trauma to which the woman featured in Chapter 6: Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self was subjected?
(a) Kidnapping.
(b) Child abuse.
(c) Rape.
(d) Incest.

4. In what state did Van der Kolk work with kids in the Children's Center at a particular mental health center?
(a) Maine.
(b) New York.
(c) Florida.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. Van der Kolk asserts that SSRIs such as Prozac should act as what element in the comprehensive treatment plan of a survivor of trauma?
(a) Only part of their treatment during emergencies.
(b) The main treatment.
(c) An adjunct in their overall treatment.
(d) At least half of their treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bessel Van der Kolk names Janet as one of his most important teachers. What was Janet's first name?

2. Victims of child abuse generally receive about how many unrelated diagnoses over the course of their psychiatric treatment?

3. How many conditions must be met in order for the brain to do its main job?

4. What is the name of the woman featured in the discussion of massage therapy in Chapter 6: Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self?

5. What did Tom do for a living after he returned from Vietnam?

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