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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. What does the letter A in the acronym ACE stand for?

2. In what city did Van der Kolk convince a circuit court judge that memories of sexual abuse often remain inaccessible to victims for years?

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

4. At the end of Chapter 7, "Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement," Van der Kolk asserts that which poet must have had somewhat attentive parents?

5. In how many languages was the novel All Quiet on the Western Front published soon after its initial release?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way does the epigraph included with Chapter 7: Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement depict the theme of community?

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

6. What type of malady did Marilyn become afflicted with and what is the significance of this development?

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

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

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

10. What is the main claim put forth in the book by Pierre Janet discussed 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 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

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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