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

2. In what year was the final piece of scientific literature published about the effects of combat trauma?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1968.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1977.

3. At the end of Chapter 7, "Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement," Van der Kolk asserts that which poet must have had somewhat attentive parents?
(a) W. H. Auden.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) e. e. cummings.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

4. For how many years did Maria participate in an equine therapy program?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

5. In what year was the DSM-IV published?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1970.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2000.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the epigraph for Chapter 7, "Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement" attributed?

2. In what way does Van der Kolk classify Maria's identity?

3. What kind of expression did Marilyn draw on all of the people in her family portrait?

4. Van der Kolk states that those affected by trauma still have major symptoms three months after completing what kind of treatment?

5. How much of her childhood did Marilyn remember when she first began to see Van der Kolk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the source of the trauma experienced by the military serviceman named Julian?

2. Describe an instance when Van der Kolk points out the irony in a particular societal situation.

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

4. What are ACEs?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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