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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 sort of radioactive substance was used in the test Van der Kolk conducted on a number of subjects?
(a) Milk.
(b) Saline solution.
(c) Plasma.
(d) Oxygen.

2. The function of the brain, Van der Kolk asserts, is to ensure what?
(a) Survival.
(b) Homeostasis.
(c) Logic.
(d) Solutions to problems.

3. What two activities were the only ones that could calm Tom when he returned from Vietnam?
(a) Sleeping and eating.
(b) Skydiving and smoking.
(c) Binge drinking and riding his bicycle.
(d) Binge drinking and riding his motorcycle.

4. Bessel Van der Kolk names Janet as one of his most important teachers. What was Janet's first name?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Elroy.
(d) Matthew.

5. What position did Van der Kolk hold when he first began to work at a mental health center?
(a) Recreation leader.
(b) Receptionist.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Night watchman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maria told Van der Kolk that working with horses had allowed her to feel what emotion for the very first time?

2. In which part of the brain did PTSD sufferers show no activity when shown images of people looking at them with direct gazes?

3. What color was the object Noam drew at the bottom of his picture that piqued Van der Kolk's interest?

4. How many patients did Van der Kolk get to describe their trauma while having their brains scanned when the technology first became available?

5. How old was Maria when she first came to Van der Kolk's residential treatment center?

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