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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. Van der Kolk states that "we now know that" what fraction of people who seek psychiatric care "have been assaulted, abandoned, neglected, or even raped as children, or have witnessed violence in their families" (28)?
(a) Over one-half.
(b) Over three-quarters.
(c) Over two-thirds.
(d) Under one-quarter.

2. While Julian was serving in the military, he remembered that he had been sexually abused as a child by which member of his community?
(a) A bus driver.
(b) A coach.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A priest.

3. Tom, the patient Van der Kolk describes in Chapter 1: Lessons From Vietnam Veterans, had been in which branch of the military?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Air Force.
(c) The Marines.
(d) The Army.

4. How many organized attachment strategies have been identified within the methods infants use to get at least some of their needs met?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. Which score on the ACE questionnaire would indicate the largest risk of negative effects from childhood trauma?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maria told Van der Kolk that equine therapy had helped her make what types of connections with another living creature?

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

3. What is NOT a trauma to which the woman featured in Chapter 6: Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self was subjected?

4. How many years before the publication of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma did Mary Main and her colleagues coin the term "disorganized attachment" (116)?

5. Which country's government was responsible for issuing the Southborough Report?

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