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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Five: Paths to Recovery and Epilogue: Choices to Be Made.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Van der Kolk when he attended a summer camp and became interested in medicine?
(a) 14.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 16.

2. How old was Marilyn when Van der Kolk first began to treat her?
(a) Late twenties.
(b) Mid-thirties.
(c) Early thirties.
(d) Mid-forties.

3. What part of her client's body was the massage therapist holding when her client called out to see where she had gone?
(a) Her head.
(b) Her back.
(c) Her neck.
(d) Her feet.

4. What is NOT a quality that results from an extended period of elevated stress hormone levels?
(a) Rage.
(b) Depression.
(c) Fear.
(d) Immunity.

5. In what decade did articles about False Memory Syndrome begin to appear in magazines across the United States and Europe?
(a) The 1990s.
(b) The 2000s.
(c) The 1980s.
(d) The 1970s.

Short Answer 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)?

2. At what university did Steve Porges work as a researcher when he developed the Polyvagal Theory?

3. What was the name of Van der Kolk's "great teacher" who taught his students to be "skeptical about textbooks" (19)?

4. What is the name of the woman featured in the discussion of massage therapy in Chapter 6: Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self?

5. In the study of people who had escaped from the Twin Towers on 9/11, what was reported to be the most effective treatment for dealing with trauma?

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