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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. In what year did a particular country's government issue the Southborough Report?

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

3. Van der Kolk asserts that performing what action around a traumatic memory will not necessarily resolve its negative effects?

4. What kind of expression did Marilyn draw on all of the people in her family portrait?

5. The outbreak of which war in the early twentieth century led to a renewed focus on the subject of trauma?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the source of the trauma experienced by the military serviceman named Julian?

4. What are ACEs?

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

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

7. 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"?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Van der Kolk’s use of the first and second person point of view serve the purposes of the text? Discuss how Van der Kolk’s choice of point of view helps to advance the treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.

Essay Topic 2

What ultimate message is Van der Kolk sending about the nature and value of self-awareness?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma and analyze Van der Kolk’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

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