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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. On what occasion did Van der Kolk see Maria again for the first time since she left the residential treatment center?
(a) Maria's funeral.
(b) Maria's 21st birthday.
(c) Maria's high school graduation.
(d) Maria's 18th birthday.

2. The outbreak of which war in the early twentieth century led to a renewed focus on the subject of trauma?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) The Spanish-Indian War.
(d) World War II.

3. How many organized attachment strategies have been identified within the methods infants use to get at least some of their needs met?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. How old was Maria when she first came to Van der Kolk's residential treatment center?
(a) 40.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 21.

5. Van der Kolk states that it is common for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to take what action in regards to their memories of the abuse?
(a) To redress.
(b) To regress.
(c) To conflate.
(d) To repress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an institution that often results in trauma survivors' needs being dismissed?

2. In what city was Humboldt University located?

3. In what decade did articles about False Memory Syndrome begin to appear in magazines across the United States and Europe?

4. Which kind of ACE scores are associated with the greatest chances of problems relating to trauma?

5. Which group(s) of research subjects viewing the photograph of a father and his children free-associate violent stories?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the three organized attachment strategies and the differences among them.

2. How old was Maria at the time Van der Kolk began working with her and what situations had she been in before?

3. What is the main claim put forth in the book by Pierre Janet discussed in Chapter 11, "Uncovering Secrets: The Problems of Traumatic Memory"?

4. What is the one caveat Van der Kolk presents in relation to his claim about adrenaline in Chapter 11, "Uncovering Secrets: The Problems of Traumatic Memory"?

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

6. What are ACEs?

7. What type of malady did Marilyn become afflicted with and what is the significance of this development?

8. What sort of therapy was prescribed to Maria when other methods were ineffective?

9. What is the significance of Van der Kolk's frequent study of Janet's case reports over time?

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

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