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

2. What kind of expression did Marilyn draw on all of the people in her family portrait?
(a) Blank.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

3. On what occasion did Van der Kolk see Maria again for the first time since she left the residential treatment center?
(a) Maria's funeral.
(b) Maria's high school graduation.
(c) Maria's 18th birthday.
(d) Maria's 21st birthday.

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

5. In what year did Janet publish "the first book-length account of" (187) a particular subject?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1901.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country's government was responsible for issuing the Southborough Report?

2. How many millions of children are spending all or part of their childhoods in foster care in the United States at any given time?

3. In what city was Humboldt University located?

4. What type of abuse most often results in total memory loss?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before World War I began, what was the most prominently used method of providing mental health support?

2. What are ACEs?

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

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

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

6. What is "Auden's Rule" (125) and what is its purpose?

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

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

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

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

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