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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Neuroception.
(d) Freeze or collapse.

2. What color was the object Noam drew at the bottom of his picture that piqued Van der Kolk's interest?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

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

4. What types of techniques became possible in the early 1990s and helped humans understand the way the brain processes information?
(a) Electrostatic.
(b) Sound therapy.
(c) Hydrotherapy.
(d) Brain-imaging.

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

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) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

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

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) Science.
(b) Technology.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Religion.

9. 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?
(a) Has come to an end.
(b) Is still happening.
(c) Will happen again.
(d) Never existed.

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

11. 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) Elvin Semrad.
(c) Saul Zaentz.
(d) Abram Kardiner.

12. In Charles Darwin's book entitled The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, he asserts that all but which of the following parts of the body communicate along the same nerve?
(a) Spine.
(b) Heart.
(c) Brain.
(d) Guts.

13. In what year did Charles Darwin write The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals?
(a) 1836.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1901.

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

15. One in how many Americans now takes an antidepressant medication, according to Van der Kolk?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. Van der Kolk describes Steven Meier's experiments using electric shock with which types of animals?

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

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

4. When Prozac was introduced in 1988, Van der Kolk realized that it was a drug that helped people be what?

5. What sort of radioactive substance was used in the test Van der Kolk conducted on a number of subjects?

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