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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city did Van der Kolk convince a circuit court judge that memories of sexual abuse often remain inaccessible to victims for years?
(a) Chicago.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Boston.
(d) Cincinnati.

2. How many volunteers participated in the study Van der Kolk and a colleague conducted around memories?
(a) 12.
(b) 52.
(c) 76.
(d) 39.

3. 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) Only traumatized.
(d) Neither traumatized nor normal.

4. How many days before Julian would have been eligible for full benefits was he discharged from the military?
(a) 30.
(b) 20.
(c) 60.
(d) 10.

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

6. Chapter 12, “The Unbearable Heaviness of Remembering,” begins with the assertion that scientific interest in trauma has been experiencing wild fluctuations for how many years?
(a) 150.
(b) 100.
(c) 30.
(d) 75.

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

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

9. Generally, a memory is captured more vividly if more of what substance is secreted at the time the memory is made?
(a) Adrenaline.
(b) Serotonin.
(c) Pheromones.
(d) Dopamine.

10. The system that makes memories fails if the experience is infused with too much what?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Context.
(c) Horror.
(d) Guilt.

11. In what decade did articles about False Memory Syndrome begin to appear in magazines across the United States and Europe?
(a) The 1990s.
(b) The 1970s.
(c) The 2000s.
(d) The 1980s.

12. The majority of the patients previously diagnosed as having Borderline Personality Disorder reported being the victim of abuse before what age?
(a) 7.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 5.

13. Before the outbreak of a particular war refocused society's attention on trauma, what method of psychological treatment had risen to prominence?
(a) Electroshock.
(b) Pharmaceuticals.
(c) Talk therapy.
(d) Hypnosis.

14. From what country did the writer of All Quiet on the Western Front hail?
(a) Sweden.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) The United States.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Victims of child abuse generally receive about how many unrelated diagnoses over the course of their psychiatric treatment?

2. Which autoimmune disease did Marilyn contract, according to Van der Kolk?

3. How old was Marilyn when Van der Kolk first began to treat her?

4. Maria told Van der Kolk that working with horses had allowed her to feel what emotion for the very first time?

5. Which group(s) of research subjects viewing the photograph of a father and his children free-associate violent stories?

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