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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. In the early 1980s, the standard psychiatry textbook stated that incest occurred about once in every how many women?
(a) 10 thousand.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 1 thousand.

2. Van der Kolk states that he wrote the book to serve "as both a guide" (14) and what other object?
(a) A
(b) A boost.
(c) An invitation.
(d) A hand.

3. Van der Kolk claims that the solution for survivors of trauma must include helping people to alter the inner sensory landscape of" (72) what?
(a) Their bodies.
(b) Their emotions.
(c) Their goals.
(d) Their thoughts.

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

5. In what year did Van der Kolk meet Tom?
(a) 1978.
(b) 2008.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1988.

Short Answer Questions

1. Van der Kolk states that he grew up in which country during the postwar years?

2. At what university did Steve Porges work as a researcher when he developed the Polyvagal Theory?

3. In the dedication to the book, what object does Van der Kolk use to metaphorically characterize his patients?

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

5. At the end of Chapter 2: Revolution in Understanding Mind and Brain, Van der Kolk explains that when he saw the limitations of drugs in the treatment of trauma, he began to look for treatments that were more what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What conclusion did Van der Kolk come to after the experiment involving the human gaze?

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

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

6. 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"?

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

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

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

10. Discuss Bessel Van der Kolk's use of a metaphor within the dedication of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma.

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