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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 Van der Kolk and a colleague conduct a study of traumatic versus benign memories?

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

3. In what state did Van der Kolk work with kids in the Children's Center at a particular mental health center?

4. Maria told Van der Kolk that equine therapy had helped her make what types of connections with another living creature?

5. In Chapter 8: “Trapped in Relationships: The Cost of Abuse and Neglect,” Van der Kolk claims that victims of sexual abuse are often diagnosed with ADD if a doctor focuses on which symptom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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"?

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

8. Discuss an instance when a particular government entered into an adversarial relationship with their own veterans of war.

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

10. Describe an instance when Van der Kolk points out the irony in a particular societal situation.

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

What message does Van der Kolk send within the pages of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma concerning the link between the body and the human brain?

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