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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what branch of the military was Julian serving when he was given a medical discharge?
(a) Marines.
(b) Navy.
(c) Air Force.
(d) Army.

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

3. How does Van der Kolk describe the patterns of a survivor of unresolved trauma?
(a) Non-linear.
(b) Linear.
(c) Erratic.
(d) Cyclical.

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

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

6. What does the letter A in the acronym ACE stand for?
(a) Adversarial.
(b) Accessible.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Adverse.

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

8. How old was Marilyn when Van der Kolk first began to treat her?
(a) Mid-thirties.
(b) Mid-forties.
(c) Early thirties.
(d) Late twenties.

9. Which individual or group was NOT mentioned among the people Maria was able to talk to as a result of her equine therapy?
(a) Her therapist.
(b) Her parents.
(c) The other kids in the program.
(d) Her horse.

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

11. At the end of Chapter 7, "Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement," Van der Kolk asserts that which poet must have had somewhat attentive parents?
(a) e. e. cummings.
(b) T. S. Eliot.
(c) W. H. Auden.
(d) Walt Whitman.

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

13. What kind of expression did Marilyn draw on all of the people in her family portrait?
(a) Blank.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

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

15. The photograph discussed in Chapter 7, "Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement" depicts how many children watching their father complete a task?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which institution of higher learning did Mary Main work when she and her colleagues coined the term "disorganized attachment" (116)?

2. What type of abuse most often results in total memory loss?

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

4. How old was Maria when she first came to Van der Kolk's residential treatment center?

5. Between 19 and 34% of survivors of what type of abuse repress all memories of the trauma?

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