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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. How many volunteers participated in the study Van der Kolk and a colleague conducted around memories?
(a) 76.
(b) 39.
(c) 52.
(d) 12.

2. In which part of the brain did PTSD sufferers show no activity when shown images of people looking at them with direct gazes?
(a) The frontal lobe.
(b) The hippocampus.
(c) The Periaqueductal Blue.
(d) The amygdala.

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

4. In what branch of the military was Julian serving when he was given a medical discharge?
(a) Navy.
(b) Army.
(c) Air Force.
(d) Marines.

5. Who coined the term "neuroception" (74) to describe the capacity to evaluate the safety within a particular environment?
(a) Darwin.
(b) Maslow.
(c) Porges.
(d) Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Van der Kolk states that it has always been obvious to him that "the key to healing was understanding how" what "works" (12)?

2. A character from which novel provides the quote for the epigraph of Chapter 11, "Uncovering Secrets: The Problems of Traumatic Memory"?

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

4. 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?

5. The subjects of Van der Kolk's study of memories included how many people who had been abused as children?

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