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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 city was Humboldt University located?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Boston.

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

3. In what state did Van der Kolk undertake a study of traumatic memories versus benign memories?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Ohio.
(c) California.
(d) Virginia.

4. A character from which novel provides the quote for the epigraph of Chapter 11, "Uncovering Secrets: The Problems of Traumatic Memory"?
(a) The Red Badge of Courage.
(b) The Sisters Brothers.
(c) All Quiet on the Western Front.
(d) Lonesome Dove.

5. What is NOT an element described by W. H. Auden as one that resents "approaches that are too intense" (125)?
(a) Truth.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Love.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8: “Trapped in Relationships: The Cost of Abuse and Neglect,” Van der Kolk claims that victims of sexual abuse are often diagnosed with clinical depression if a doctor focuses on which symptom?

2. In what state did Van der Kolk work with kids in the Children's Center at a particular mental health center?

3. Victims of child abuse generally receive about how many unrelated diagnoses over the course of their psychiatric treatment?

4. In what year did Janet publish "the first book-length account of" (187) a particular subject?

5. In what year was the novel All Quiet on the Western Front published?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. What events are more likely to happen in the future of someone who earns a high ACE score?

6. What are ACEs?

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

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

9. Discuss an instance when a particular government entered into an adversarial relationship with their own veterans of war.

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

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