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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the object issued that a group of veteran patients of Van der Kolk's gave him for Christmas one year?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1944.

2. What did Tom do for a living after he returned from Vietnam?
(a) He became a doctor.
(b) He became a lawyer.
(c) He became an accountant.
(d) He became a veterinarian.

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 back.
(b) Her head.
(c) Her feet.
(d) Her neck.

4. 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) Aggressive.
(c) Natural.
(d) Invasive.

5. 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)?
(a) Under one-quarter.
(b) Over three-quarters.
(c) Over two-thirds.
(d) Over one-half.

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

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

8. Van der Kolk states that "the way medicine approaches human suffering has always been determined by the" what "available at any given time" (31)?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Technology.
(c) Science.
(d) Religion.

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

10. How many conditions must be met in order for the brain to do its main job?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

11. In which part of the brain did PTSD sufferers show no activity when shown images of people looking at them with direct gazes?
(a) The frontal lobe.
(b) The amygdala.
(c) The hippocampus.
(d) The Periaqueductal Blue.

12. What sort of radioactive substance was used in the test Van der Kolk conducted on a number of subjects?
(a) Milk.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Saline solution.
(d) Plasma.

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

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

15. When trauma survivors experience flashbacks, which part of their brains are the only areas to light up?
(a) The right side of the brain.
(b) The left side of the brain.
(c) The amygdala.
(d) The hippocampus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near the end of Chapter 3: Looking into the Brain: The Neuroscience Revolution, Van der Kolk states, "When something reminds traumatized people of the past, their right brain reacts as if the traumatic event" is what?

2. Which level of the autonomic nervous system's response to danger is characterized by actions like calling for help?

3. In what year did Charles Darwin write The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals?

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

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

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