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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. Noam, his father, and which other member of his family fled together from the wreckage of the World Trade Center?
(a) Noam's older sister.
(b) Noam's mother.
(c) Noam's cousin.
(d) Noam's older brother.

2. What is NOT one of the actions Van der Kolk says he hopes the reader will take in relation to trauma?
(a) Face it.
(b) Prevent it.
(c) Explore it.
(d) Dismiss it.

3. What part of her client's body was the massage therapist holding when her client called out to see where she had gone?
(a) Her feet.
(b) Her head.
(c) Her back.
(d) Her neck.

4. How many days after 9/11 did Van der Kolk visit family friends who had been near the World Trade Center that morning?
(a) 21.
(b) 7.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

5. How many patients did Van der Kolk get to describe their trauma while having their brains scanned when the technology first became available?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Prozac was introduced in 1988, Van der Kolk realized that it was a drug that helped people be what?

2. The Polyvagal Theory involves the existence of how many different levels of response within the control of the autonomic nervous system?

3. How old was Noam when he watched a plane slam into the World Trade Center on 9/11?

4. What is NOT an area of the brain pointed out within the set of images in Chapter 3: Looking into the Brain: The Neuroscience Revolution?

5. In 1982, Van der Kolk accepted a position at a mental health center in what state?

Short Essay Questions

1. What relationship does Van der Kolk identify between trauma and sensory experiences?

2. What aspects of Noam's traumatic experience made it unlikely that he would suffer lasting negative effects throughout his life?

3. 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?

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

5. What conclusion did Van der Kolk reach about the treatment of trauma after reading Charles Darwin's book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals?

6. What aspect of the assessment Van der Kolk gave to Noam intrigued Van der Kolk the most and why?

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

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

9. What are the limitations of Prozac, according to Van der Kolk, and why are they significant?

10. In what way was summer camp a formative experience in Van der Kolk's trajectory toward his chosen career?

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