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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. What two activities were the only ones that could calm Tom when he returned from Vietnam?
(a) Binge drinking and riding his bicycle.
(b) Binge drinking and riding his motorcycle.
(c) Sleeping and eating.
(d) Skydiving and smoking.

2. In what decade was Thorazine first discovered and marketed?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1960s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1970s.

3. From which person at camp did Van der Kolk learn about the functions of human kidneys?
(a) His uncle Michael.
(b) His cousin Michael.
(c) His best friend Michael.
(d) His camp counselor Michael.

4. One in how many Americans now takes an antidepressant medication, according to Van der Kolk?
(a) 20.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

5. Van der Kolk states that "the way medicine approaches human suffering has always been determined by the" what "available at any given time" (31)?
(a) Religion.
(b) Technology.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. Van der Kolk asserts that SSRIs such as Prozac should act as what element in the comprehensive treatment plan of a survivor of trauma?

2. How many conditions must be met in order for the brain to do its main job?

3. In what year did Charles Darwin write The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals?

4. In Charles Darwin's book entitled The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, he asserts that all but which of the following parts of the body communicate along the same nerve?

5. In what year was the diagnosis of PTSD added to the American Psychiatric Association's array of diagnoses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Van der Kolk's purpose for including a story about Tom's refusal to take his prescribed medication?

2. What problems began to manifest in Tom's life despite his appearance of an easy transition back to his normal life upon returning from combat?

3. Explain Charles Darwin's theory about the purpose of emotions and Van der Kolk's reason for including it.

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

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

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

7. What three elements of the body did Charles Darwin assert communicated by using the same nerve?

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

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

10. Who developed the Polyvagal Theory and for which academic institution did he work at the time?

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