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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: This is Your Brain on Trauma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two activities were the only ones that could calm Tom when he returned from Vietnam?
(a) Binge drinking and riding his bicycle.
(b) Binge drinking and riding his motorcycle.
(c) Skydiving and smoking.
(d) Sleeping and eating.

2. From which person at camp did Van der Kolk learn about the functions of human kidneys?
(a) His cousin Michael.
(b) His best friend Michael.
(c) His camp counselor Michael.
(d) His uncle Michael.

3. In Charles Darwin's book entitled The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, he asserts that all but which of the following parts of the body communicate along the same nerve?
(a) Spine.
(b) Heart.
(c) Brain.
(d) Guts.

4. What is NOT an area of the brain pointed out within the set of images in Chapter 3: Looking into the Brain: The Neuroscience Revolution?
(a) Broca's area.
(b) Right limbic area.
(c) Visual cortex.
(d) Hippocampus.

5. When trauma survivors experience flashbacks, which part of their brains are the only areas to light up?
(a) The left side of the brain.
(b) The amygdala.
(c) The hippocampus.
(d) The right side of the brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Noam when he watched a plane slam into the World Trade Center on 9/11?

2. What is the name of the woman featured in the discussion of massage therapy in Chapter 6: Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self?

3. Van der Kolk claims that the solution for survivors of trauma must include helping people to alter the inner sensory landscape of" (72) what?

4. What sort of radioactive substance was used in the test Van der Kolk conducted on a number of subjects?

5. How many fundamental avenues does Van der Kolk claim can "palliate or even reverse the damage" (13) caused by trauma?

(see the answer key)

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