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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. How many days before Julian would have been eligible for full benefits was he discharged from the military?
(a) 30.
(b) 60.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

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

3. Which kind of ACE scores are associated with the greatest chances of problems relating to trauma?
(a) Constant.
(b) Low.
(c) Flat.
(d) High.

4. 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 conflate.
(c) To repress.
(d) To regress.

5. How much of her childhood did Marilyn remember when she first began to see Van der Kolk?
(a) Very little.
(b) Nothing before age 6.
(c) All of it.
(d) Half of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method was widely used to treat combat trauma caused by World War II experiences?

2. The majority of the patients previously diagnosed as having Borderline Personality Disorder reported being the victim of abuse before what age?

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

4. Maria told Van der Kolk that equine therapy had helped her make what types of connections with another living creature?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What are ACEs?

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

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

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

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

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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