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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. From which person at camp did Van der Kolk learn about the functions of human kidneys?
(a) His uncle Michael.
(b) His best friend Michael.
(c) His camp counselor Michael.
(d) His cousin Michael.

2. 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 ADD if a doctor focuses on which symptom?
(a) Tremors.
(b) Restlessness.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Amnesia.

3. Before the outbreak of a particular war refocused society's attention on trauma, what method of psychological treatment had risen to prominence?
(a) Electroshock.
(b) Pharmaceuticals.
(c) Talk therapy.
(d) Hypnosis.

4. Maria told Van der Kolk that equine therapy had helped her make what types of connections with another living creature?
(a) Visceral.
(b) Social.
(c) Mutual.
(d) Safe.

5. In what year did Desmond Tutu moderate public hearings for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1989.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1996.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many patients did Van der Kolk get to describe their trauma while having their brains scanned when the technology first became available?

3. Who coined the term "neuroception" (74) to describe the capacity to evaluate the safety within a particular environment?

4. Which attachment strategy is NOT classified among the group of organized attachment strategies?

5. How many years before the publication of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma did Mary Main and her colleagues coin the term "disorganized attachment" (116)?

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