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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Van der Kolk states that he grew up in which country during the postwar years?
(a) Germany.
(b) Holland.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Denmark.

4. 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 Periaqueductal Blue.
(b) The amygdala.
(c) The hippocampus.
(d) The frontal lobe.

5. When Van der Kolk asked Noam what the object at the bottom of his drawing was, Noam said it was what kind of object?
(a) A pair of wings.
(b) A traffic cone.
(c) A trampoline.
(d) A swimming pool.

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

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

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

9. In the dedication to the book, what object does Van der Kolk use to metaphorically characterize his patients?
(a) Beacons.
(b) Keys.
(c) Textbooks.
(d) Kingdoms.

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

11. What sort of object did a group of veterans to whom Van der Kolk provided care give him for Christmas one year?
(a) A hat.
(b) A watch.
(c) A medal.
(d) A scarf.

12. What kind of role does Van der Kolk say Noam had been able to take in his own rescue, saving him from deeper trauma?
(a) Creative.
(b) Active.
(c) Thoughtful.
(d) Passive.

13. Tom, the patient Van der Kolk describes in Chapter 1: Lessons From Vietnam Veterans, had been in which branch of the military?
(a) The Army.
(b) The Marines.
(c) The Air Force.
(d) The Navy.

14. What term does Van der Kolk apply to the "primitive" (88) part of the brain where PTSD sufferers experienced all activity when subjected to the gaze of others?
(a) The Periaqueductal Yellow.
(b) The Periaqueductal Gray.
(c) The Periaqueductal Blue.
(d) The Periaqueductal Black.

15. What was the name of Van der Kolk's "great teacher" who taught his students to be "skeptical about textbooks" (19)?
(a) Paul Harrington.
(b) Saul Zaentz.
(c) Abram Kardiner.
(d) Elvin Semrad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Van der Kolk hold when he first began to work at a mental health center?

2. In what year did Van der Kolk meet Tom?

3. Who coined the phrase "the compulsion to repeat" (34) in the world of psychiatry?

4. What is NOT a quality that results from an extended period of elevated stress hormone levels?

5. One in how many Americans now takes an antidepressant medication, according to Van der Kolk?

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