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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT an element described by W. H. Auden as one that resents "approaches that are too intense" (125)?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Truth.
(c) Love.
(d) Loyalty.

2. How much of her childhood did Marilyn remember when she first began to see Van der Kolk?
(a) All of it.
(b) Nothing before age 6.
(c) Half of it.
(d) Very little.

3. Between 19 and 34% of survivors of what type of abuse repress all memories of the trauma?
(a) Mental.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Physical.

4. Van der Kalk states that the "essence of trauma is" (195) all but which of the following?
(a) Invisible.
(b) Overwhelming.
(c) Unbearable.
(d) Unbelievable.

5. Which group(s) of research subjects looking at the photograph of kids watching their father noted danger present in the situation?
(a) Only normal.
(b) Both traumatized and normal.
(c) Neither traumatized nor normal.
(d) Only traumatized.

6. What term did the Southborough Report seek to abolish in the diagnoses of war veterans?
(a) Disability.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Shell-shock.
(d) Trauma.

7. Which autoimmune disease did Marilyn contract, according to Van der Kolk?
(a) Lupus.
(b) Rheumatoid arthritis.
(c) HIV.
(d) Multiple sclerosis.

8. Which kind of ACE scores are associated with the greatest chances of problems relating to trauma?
(a) Flat.
(b) High.
(c) Constant.
(d) Low.

9. Which score on the ACE questionnaire would indicate the largest risk of negative effects from childhood trauma?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

10. A character from which novel provides the quote for the epigraph of Chapter 11, "Uncovering Secrets: The Problems of Traumatic Memory"?
(a) All Quiet on the Western Front.
(b) Lonesome Dove.
(c) The Red Badge of Courage.
(d) The Sisters Brothers.

11. In what city was Humboldt University located?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Boston.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Sacramento.

12. In what part of her eye did Marilyn contract an autoimmune disease?
(a) Cornea.
(b) Retina.
(c) Iris.
(d) Lens.

13. In what year did Van der Kolk and a colleague conduct a study of traumatic versus benign memories?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1978.

14. In what year was the DSM-IV published?
(a) 1990.
(b) 2010.
(c) 1970.
(d) 2000.

15. In what year was the novel All Quiet on the Western Front published?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1903.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Van der Kolk classify Maria's identity?

2. How does Van der Kolk describe the patterns of a survivor of unresolved trauma?

3. The subjects of Van der Kolk's study of memories included how many people who had been abused as children?

4. What method was widely used to treat combat trauma caused by World War II experiences?

5. What is NOT an institution that often results in trauma survivors' needs being dismissed?

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