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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 method was widely used to treat combat trauma caused by World War II experiences?
(a) Acupuncture.
(b) Truth serum.
(c) Massage.
(d) Hypnosis.

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

3. Van der Kalk states that the "essence of trauma is" (195) all but which of the following?
(a) Unbearable.
(b) Overwhelming.
(c) Unbelievable.
(d) Invisible.

4. What type of abuse most often results in total memory loss?
(a) Physical.
(b) Mental.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Emotional.

5. Maria told Van der Kolk that equine therapy had helped her make what types of connections with another living creature?
(a) Social.
(b) Safe.
(c) Visceral.
(d) Mutual.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days before Julian would have been eligible for full benefits was he discharged from the military?

2. How many organized attachment strategies have been identified within the methods infants use to get at least some of their needs met?

3. How old was Marilyn when Van der Kolk first began to treat her?

4. In what part of her eye did Marilyn contract an autoimmune disease?

5. In what state did Van der Kolk undertake a study of traumatic memories versus benign memories?

Short Essay Questions

1. What factor most significantly plays a part in creating a vividly recorded memory?

2. What does Van der Kolk mean when he states, "Traumatized people simultaneously remember too little and too much" (179)?

3. Describe Maria's feelings about the skills her favorite type of therapy was able to teach her?

4. In what way does the epigraph included with Chapter 7: Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement depict the theme of community?

5. What aspect of a patient's trauma does not need to be known to Van der Kolk before he can treat the patient?

6. What book published in 1929 refocused the public's attention back onto the issue of trauma?

7. Discuss an instance when Van der Kolk includes sensory details in order to convey the impact of trauma on young minds.

8. What does Van der Kolk see as the main barrier to survivors of child sexual abuse receiving the help they need?

9. What is "False Memory Syndrome" and how does Van der Kolk view it?

10. Who was Pierre Janet and what is the name of the book he wrote that strongly influenced Van der Kolk?

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