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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what period of Darwin's career did he write The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals?
(a) Toward the end.
(b) Toward the start.
(c) At the beginning.
(d) In the middle.

2. What sort of radioactive substance was used in the test Van der Kolk conducted on a number of subjects?
(a) Saline solution.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Plasma.
(d) Milk.

3. From what borough of New York City did Noam flee with member of his family on 9/11?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) Queens.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Manhattan.

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

5. What is the first option presented to an autonomic nervous system trying to navigate a dangerous situation?
(a) Social engagement.
(b) Neuroception.
(c) Freeze or collapse.
(d) Fight or flight.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the object issued that a group of veteran patients of Van der Kolk's gave him for Christmas one year?

2. Who coined the term "neuroception" (74) to describe the capacity to evaluate the safety within a particular environment?

3. In which war did the veterans fight who gave Van der Kolk a particular gift for Christmas?

4. What two activities were the only ones that could calm Tom when he returned from Vietnam?

5. Tom, the patient Van der Kolk describes in Chapter 1: Lessons From Vietnam Veterans, had been in which branch of the military?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major transition in the world of psychiatry did Van der Kolk get to witness, as described in Chapter 2, "Revolutions in Understanding Mind and Brain"?

2. What development in the early 1990s revolutionized our understanding of the way the human brain processes information?

3. In the prologue of the text, Van der Kolk names the three main avenues of treatment available to survivors of trauma. What are they?

4. What are the three levels of response available to humans facing stressful situations, according to Steve Porges?

5. What traumatic event did Noam, the five-year-old discussed in Chapter 4, "Running For Your Life" witness?

6. What type of assessment did Van der Kolk provide to Noam to figure out whether he was likely to experience lasting trauma?

7. What does the cage symbolize within Van der Kolk's story about Steven Meier's experiments?

8. Which of Tom's symptoms did Van der Kolk decide to actively treat and why?

9. What is the meaning of the term "neuroception"?

10. What does Van der Kolk mean when he says he hopes that the book serves as not only a guide, but as an invitation?

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