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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. Victims of child abuse generally receive about how many unrelated diagnoses over the course of their psychiatric treatment?
(a) 5 or 6.
(b) 7 or 8.
(c) 3 or 4.
(d) 9 or 10.

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

3. Before the outbreak of a particular war refocused society's attention on trauma, what method of psychological treatment had risen to prominence?
(a) Electroshock.
(b) Pharmaceuticals.
(c) Hypnosis.
(d) Talk therapy.

4. Van der Kolk states that those affected by trauma still have major symptoms three months after completing what kind of treatment?
(a) Acupuncture.
(b) Massage.
(c) Behavioral therapy.
(d) Talk therapy.

5. Which group(s) of research subjects viewing the photograph of a father and his children free-associate violent stories?
(a) Neither traumatized nor normal.
(b) Only normal.
(c) Only traumatized.
(d) Both traumatized and normal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Maria when she first came to Van der Kolk's residential treatment center?

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

3. Maria told Van der Kolk that working with horses had allowed her to feel what emotion for the very first time?

4. 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 ADD if a doctor focuses on which symptom?

5. Which group(s) of research subjects looking at the photograph of kids watching their father noted danger present in the situation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is "False Memory Syndrome" and how does Van der Kolk view it?

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

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

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

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

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