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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 it has always been obvious to him that "the key to healing was understanding how" what "works" (12)?
(a) The human limbic system.
(b) The human digestive system.
(c) The human organism.
(d) The human brain.

2. The majority of the patients previously diagnosed as having Borderline Personality Disorder reported being the victim of abuse before what age?
(a) 7.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 14.

3. What term does Van der Kolk apply to the "primitive" (88) part of the brain where PTSD sufferers experienced all activity when subjected to the gaze of others?
(a) The Periaqueductal Yellow.
(b) The Periaqueductal Blue.
(c) The Periaqueductal Gray.
(d) The Periaqueductal Black.

4. A character from which novel provides the quote for the epigraph of Chapter 11, "Uncovering Secrets: The Problems of Traumatic Memory"?
(a) Lonesome Dove.
(b) All Quiet on the Western Front.
(c) The Sisters Brothers.
(d) The Red Badge of Courage.

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) An adjunct in their overall treatment.
(b) The main treatment.
(c) Only part of their treatment during emergencies.
(d) At least half of their treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Julian was serving in the military, he remembered that he had been sexually abused as a child by which member of his community?

2. Van der Kolk states that "the way medicine approaches human suffering has always been determined by the" what "available at any given time" (31)?

3. Van der Kolk states that when people are faced with danger, they secrete what substance?

4. On which symptom of Tom's did Van der Kolk focus his initial treatment?

5. Van der Kolk describes Steven Meier's experiments using electric shock with which types of animals?

(see the answer key)

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