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

2. The Polyvagal Theory involves the existence of how many different levels of response within the control of the autonomic nervous system?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

3. Chapter 12, “The Unbearable Heaviness of Remembering,” begins with the assertion that scientific interest in trauma has been experiencing wild fluctuations for how many years?
(a) 30.
(b) 150.
(c) 100.
(d) 75.

4. What activity did Maria engage in during the years she worked with horses?
(a) Shoveling out the stalls.
(b) Dressage.
(c) Racing.
(d) Blacksmithing.

5. How many conditions must be met in order for the brain to do its main job?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Charles Darwin write The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals?

2. How old was Marilyn when Van der Kolk first began to treat her?

3. In the dedication to the book, what object does Van der Kolk use to metaphorically characterize his patients?

4. Noam, his father, and which other member of his family fled together from the wreckage of the World Trade Center?

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

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