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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what borough of New York City did Noam flee with member of his family on 9/11?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Queens.

2. Noam, his father, and which other member of his family fled together from the wreckage of the World Trade Center?
(a) Noam's older sister.
(b) Noam's cousin.
(c) Noam's mother.
(d) Noam's older brother.

3. How old was Noam when he watched a plane slam into the World Trade Center on 9/11?
(a) 16.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

4. Van der Kolk describes Steven Meier's experiments using electric shock with which types of animals?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Fish.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Birds.

5. How many days after the events of September 11, 2001 did Noam draw the picture contained in the text?
(a) 365.
(b) 1.
(c) 30.
(d) 14.

6. How many patients did Van der Kolk get to describe their trauma while having their brains scanned when the technology first became available?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

7. How many days after 9/11 did Van der Kolk visit family friends who had been near the World Trade Center that morning?
(a) 30.
(b) 21.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

8. The function of the brain, Van der Kolk asserts, is to ensure what?
(a) Survival.
(b) Logic.
(c) Homeostasis.
(d) Solutions to problems.

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

10. During what period of Darwin's career did he write The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals?
(a) Toward the end.
(b) In the middle.
(c) At the beginning.
(d) Toward the start.

11. Van der Kolk states that it has always been obvious to him that "the key to healing was understanding how" what "works" (12)?
(a) The human digestive system.
(b) The human limbic system.
(c) The human organism.
(d) The human brain.

12. How many fundamental avenues does Van der Kolk claim can "palliate or even reverse the damage" (13) caused by trauma?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

13. At the end of Chapter 2: Revolution in Understanding Mind and Brain, Van der Kolk explains that when he saw the limitations of drugs in the treatment of trauma, he began to look for treatments that were more what?
(a) Affordable.
(b) Invasive.
(c) Natural.
(d) Aggressive.

14. 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 cousin Michael.
(d) His camp counselor Michael.

15. Which level of the autonomic nervous system's response to danger is characterized by actions like entering a fugue state?
(a) Fight or flight.
(b) Freeze or collapse.
(c) Neuroception.
(d) Social engagement.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Polyvagal Theory involves the existence of how many different levels of response within the control of the autonomic nervous system?

2. From what location did Noam watch a plane slam into the World Trade Center on the morning of 9/11?

3. In 1982, Van der Kolk accepted a position at a mental health center in what state?

4. Tom, the patient Van der Kolk describes in Chapter 1: Lessons From Vietnam Veterans, had been in which branch of the military?

5. In what year was the object issued that a group of veteran patients of Van der Kolk's gave him for Christmas one year?

(see the answer keys)

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