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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. PTSD sufferers in the study explained by Van der Kolk nearly always went into what mode in response to being looked at?
(a) Aggression.
(b) Attack.
(c) Self-pity.
(d) Survival.

2. In what decade was Thorazine first discovered and marketed?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1960s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1950s.

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

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

5. What is the name of the woman featured in the discussion of massage therapy in Chapter 6: Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self?
(a) Melanie.
(b) Sherry.
(c) Mary.
(d) Jamie.

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

7. Who coined the phrase "the compulsion to repeat" (34) in the world of psychiatry?
(a) Jung.
(b) Freud.
(c) Maslow.
(d) Lacan.

8. In which war did the veterans fight who gave Van der Kolk a particular gift for Christmas?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Korean War.

9. In Chapter 2: Revolutions in Understanding Mind and Brain, Van der Kolk discusses being a witness to which transition in the psychiatric field?
(a) Pharmaceuticals to behavior therapy.
(b) Confinement to group therapy.
(c) Electroshock therapy to talk therapy.
(d) Talk therapy to pharmaceuticals.

10. The Polyvagal Theory involves the existence of how many different levels of response within the control of the autonomic nervous system?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

12. What position did Van der Kolk hold when he first began to work at a mental health center?
(a) Receptionist.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Night watchman.
(d) Recreation leader.

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

14. In what year did Van der Kolk meet Tom?
(a) 1978.
(b) 2008.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1998.

15. 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) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of role does Van der Kolk say Noam had been able to take in his own rescue, saving him from deeper trauma?

2. Van der Kolk claims that the solution for survivors of trauma must include helping people to alter the inner sensory landscape of" (72) what?

3. How many days after the events of September 11, 2001 did Noam draw the picture contained in the text?

4. What is the second option presented to an autonomic nervous system trying to navigate a dangerous situation?

5. What are the only people in Noam's drawing doing within his picture of the scene of 9/11?

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