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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. In what city did Van der Kolk convince a circuit court judge that memories of sexual abuse often remain inaccessible to victims for years?
(a) Boston.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Cincinnati.
(d) Chicago.

2. What types of techniques became possible in the early 1990s and helped humans understand the way the brain processes information?
(a) Hydrotherapy.
(b) Sound therapy.
(c) Electrostatic.
(d) Brain-imaging.

3. When Prozac was introduced in 1988, Van der Kolk realized that it was a drug that helped people be what?
(a) Happy.
(b) Grateful.
(c) Optimistic.
(d) Present.

4. What percentage of the fibers in the vagus nerve are afferent, meaning that they travel from the body up to the brain?
(a) 80.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 60.

5. In what year was the novel All Quiet on the Western Front published?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1929.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many fundamental avenues does Van der Kolk claim can "palliate or even reverse the damage" (13) caused by trauma?

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

3. In Chapter 8: “Trapped in Relationships: The Cost of Abuse and Neglect,” Van der Kolk claims that victims of sexual abuse are often diagnosed with clinical depression if a doctor focuses on which symptom?

4. The function of the brain, Van der Kolk asserts, is to ensure what?

5. What method was widely used to treat combat trauma caused by World War II experiences?

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