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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. Janet is said to have published "the first book-length account of" (187) what subject?

2. How old was Marilyn when Van der Kolk first began to treat her?

3. In what part of her eye did Marilyn contract an autoimmune disease?

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

5. Which group(s) of research subjects viewing the photograph of a father and his children free-associate violent stories?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are ACEs?

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

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

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

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 one caveat Van der Kolk presents in relation to his claim about adrenaline in Chapter 11, "Uncovering Secrets: The Problems of Traumatic Memory"?

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

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

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 is Van der Kolk's message regarding a particular shift in worldview that needs to occur for a particular group of people and why?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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