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

2. At which institution of higher learning did Mary Main work when she and her colleagues coined the term "disorganized attachment" (116)?

3. A character from which novel provides the quote for the epigraph of Chapter 11, "Uncovering Secrets: The Problems of Traumatic Memory"?

4. How much of her childhood did Marilyn remember when she first began to see Van der Kolk?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main claim put forth in the book by Pierre Janet discussed in Chapter 11, "Uncovering Secrets: The Problems of Traumatic Memory"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how and why Van der Kolk instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma.

Essay Topic 2

How is the topic of memory treated within The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma and how does its treatment relate to the book's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the theme of hope within The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. What is Van der Kolk’s message regarding hope and how do you know?

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