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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom, the patient Van der Kolk describes in Chapter 1: Lessons From Vietnam Veterans, had been in which branch of the military?

2. What types of techniques became possible in the early 1990s and helped humans understand the way the brain processes information?

3. At the end of Chapter 2: Revolution in Understanding Mind and Brain, Van der Kolk explains that when he saw the limitations of drugs in the treatment of trauma, he began to look for treatments that were more what?

4. In which war did the veterans fight who gave Van der Kolk a particular gift for Christmas?

5. In the early 1980s, the standard psychiatry textbook stated that incest occurred about once in every how many women?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three levels of response available to humans facing stressful situations, according to Steve Porges?

2. What aspect of the assessment Van der Kolk gave to Noam intrigued Van der Kolk the most and why?

3. In what way was summer camp a formative experience in Van der Kolk's trajectory toward his chosen career?

4. What aspects of Noam's traumatic experience made it unlikely that he would suffer lasting negative effects throughout his life?

5. What is the meaning of the term "neuroception"?

6. Discuss Bessel Van der Kolk's use of a metaphor within the dedication of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma.

7. What conclusion did Van der Kolk reach about the treatment of trauma after reading Charles Darwin's book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals?

8. What does Van der Kolk mean when he says he hopes that the book serves as not only a guide, but as an invitation?

9. What specific role does the right brain perform in the aftermath of trauma?

10. What three elements of the body did Charles Darwin assert communicated by using the same nerve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Van der Kolk’s discussion of the power of sound within the nonfiction work The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma.

Essay Topic 2

In what way does Van der Kolk go about breaking the text into parts and how do these structural elements help to advance the text’s arguments?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that discusses the symbolism of the cover art chosen for The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma.

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