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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. Which country's government was responsible for issuing the Southborough Report?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) The United States.
(d) Germany.

2. Which individual or group was NOT mentioned among the people Maria was able to talk to as a result of her equine therapy?
(a) Her parents.
(b) The other kids in the program.
(c) Her therapist.
(d) Her horse.

3. In how many languages was the novel All Quiet on the Western Front published soon after its initial release?
(a) 25.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 40.

4. What is NOT an institution that often results in trauma survivors' needs being dismissed?
(a) Family.
(b) Power.
(c) Law.
(d) Economics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What diagnosis did Van der Kolk and his colleagues try to add to the DSM-IV before its publication?

2. For how many years did Maria participate in an equine therapy program?

3. In what year was the DSM-IV published?

4. The photograph discussed in Chapter 7, "Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement" depicts how many children watching their father complete a task?

5. While Julian was serving in the military, he remembered that he had been sexually abused as a child by which member of his community?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

6. What are ACEs?

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

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

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

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

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