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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maria told Van der Kolk that working with horses had allowed her to feel what emotion for the very first time?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Love.
(d) Safety.

2. Van der Kolk asserts that performing what action around a traumatic memory will not necessarily resolve its negative effects?
(a) Writing about it.
(b) Remembering it.
(c) Undergoing hypnosis.
(d) Speaking about it.

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

4. 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 parents.
(b) Her horse.
(c) The other kids in the program.
(d) Her therapist.

5. Which country's government was responsible for issuing the Southborough Report?
(a) England.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

6. In how many languages was the novel All Quiet on the Western Front published soon after its initial release?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 40.

7. The outbreak of which war in the early twentieth century led to a renewed focus on the subject of trauma?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) The Spanish-Indian War.
(d) World War I.

8. Van der Kolk states that it is common for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to take what action in regards to their memories of the abuse?
(a) To redress.
(b) To repress.
(c) To regress.
(d) To conflate.

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

10. 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) Cincinnati.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

11. In what year did Janet publish "the first book-length account of" (187) a particular subject?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1889.

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

13. Van der Kolk states that those affected by trauma still have major symptoms three months after completing what kind of treatment?
(a) Acupuncture.
(b) Massage.
(c) Behavioral therapy.
(d) Talk therapy.

14. The subjects of Van der Kolk's study of memories included how many people who had been abused as children?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 35.

15. What is NOT an institution that often results in trauma survivors' needs being dismissed?
(a) Law.
(b) Economics.
(c) Power.
(d) Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8: “Trapped in Relationships: The Cost of Abuse and Neglect,” Van der Kolk claims that victims of sexual abuse are often diagnosed with bipolar disorder if a doctor focuses on which symptom?

2. In what city was Humboldt University located?

3. For how many years did Maria participate in an equine therapy program?

4. 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?

5. How many volunteers participated in the study Van der Kolk and a colleague conducted around memories?

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