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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. 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?
(a) Never existed.
(b) Is still happening.
(c) Will happen again.
(d) Has come to an end.

2. Van der Kolk states that when people are faced with danger, they secrete what substance?
(a) Stress hormones.
(b) Dopamine.
(c) Sweat.
(d) Pheromones.

3. What is the second option presented to an autonomic nervous system trying to navigate a dangerous situation?
(a) Neuroception.
(b) Fight or flight.
(c) Social engagement.
(d) Freeze or collapse.

4. From what borough of New York City did Noam flee with member of his family on 9/11?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Queens.

5. In what year did Van der Kolk meet Tom?
(a) 2008.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1988.

Short Answer Questions

1. Van der Kolk states that it has always been obvious to him that "the key to healing was understanding how" what "works" (12)?

2. In 1982, Van der Kolk accepted a position at a mental health center in what state?

3. What is NOT a trauma to which the woman featured in Chapter 6: Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self was subjected?

4. What term does Van der Kolk apply to the "primitive" (88) part of the brain where PTSD sufferers experienced all activity when subjected to the gaze of others?

5. What is the third option presented to an autonomic nervous system trying to navigate a dangerous situation?

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