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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. In what year did Charles Darwin write The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals?
(a) 1836.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1901.

2. Van der Kolk states that when people are faced with danger, they secrete what substance?
(a) Stress hormones.
(b) Dopamine.
(c) Pheromones.
(d) Sweat.

3. Van der Kolk states that "the way medicine approaches human suffering has always been determined by the" what "available at any given time" (31)?
(a) Science.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Technology.
(d) Religion.

4. Between 19 and 34% of survivors of what type of abuse repress all memories of the trauma?
(a) Mental.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Physical.

5. What sort of object did a group of veterans to whom Van der Kolk provided care give him for Christmas one year?
(a) A watch.
(b) A medal.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days after the events of September 11, 2001 did Noam draw the picture contained in the text?

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

3. In what decade was Thorazine first discovered and marketed?

4. How many conditions must be met in order for the brain to do its main job?

5. In what year did Steve Porges develop the Polyvagal Theory?

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