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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: The Minds of Children.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what decade was Thorazine first discovered and marketed?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1960s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1930s.

2. What part of her client's body was the massage therapist holding when her client called out to see where she had gone?
(a) Her feet.
(b) Her back.
(c) Her neck.
(d) Her head.

3. When Van der Kolk asked Noam what the object at the bottom of his drawing was, Noam said it was what kind of object?
(a) A trampoline.
(b) A swimming pool.
(c) A traffic cone.
(d) A pair of wings.

4. Van der Kolk states that it has always been obvious to him that "the key to healing was understanding how" what "works" (12)?
(a) The human digestive system.
(b) The human limbic system.
(c) The human brain.
(d) The human organism.

5. In what way does Van der Kolk classify Maria's identity?
(a) Mexican.
(b) Columbian.
(c) Portuguese.
(d) Latinx.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near the end of Chapter 3: Looking into the Brain: The Neuroscience Revolution, Van der Kolk states, "When something reminds traumatized people of the past, their right brain reacts as if the traumatic event" is what?

2. In which part of the brain did PTSD sufferers show no activity when shown images of people looking at them with direct gazes?

3. What is NOT one of the actions Van der Kolk says he hopes the reader will take in relation to trauma?

4. In what year did Steve Porges develop the Polyvagal Theory?

5. What was the name of Van der Kolk's "great teacher" who taught his students to be "skeptical about textbooks" (19)?

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