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

2. Van der Kolk states that he wrote the book to serve "as both a guide" (14) and what other object?
(a) A
(b) A hand.
(c) A boost.
(d) An invitation.

3. 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 teacher.
(b) A priest.
(c) A bus driver.
(d) A coach.

4. What is the first option presented to an autonomic nervous system trying to navigate a dangerous situation?
(a) Fight or flight.
(b) Neuroception.
(c) Freeze or collapse.
(d) Social engagement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the letter E stand for in EMDR?

2. In what year was the final piece of scientific literature published about the effects of combat trauma?

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

4. Which kind of ACE scores are associated with the greatest chances of problems relating to trauma?

5. The photograph discussed in Chapter 7, "Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement" depicts how many children watching their father complete a task?

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