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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: Facing Trauma and Part One: The Rediscovery of Trauma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Van der Kolk's "great teacher" who taught his students to be "skeptical about textbooks" (19)?
(a) Saul Zaentz.
(b) Paul Harrington.
(c) Elvin Semrad.
(d) Abram Kardiner.

2. How old was Van der Kolk when he attended a summer camp and became interested in medicine?
(a) 9.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 11.

3. What position did Van der Kolk hold when he first began to work at a mental health center?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Night watchman.
(c) Recreation leader.
(d) Receptionist.

4. In 1982, Van der Kolk accepted a position at a mental health center in what state?
(a) Maine.
(b) New York.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Massachusetts.

5. On which symptom of Tom's did Van der Kolk focus his initial treatment?
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Facial tics.
(c) Nightmares.
(d) Incontinence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many patients did Van der Kolk get to describe their trauma while having their brains scanned when the technology first became available?

2. When Prozac was introduced in 1988, Van der Kolk realized that it was a drug that helped people be what?

3. Van der Kolk states that he grew up in which country during the postwar years?

4. In what year was the diagnosis of PTSD added to the American Psychiatric Association's array of diagnoses?

5. In what decade was Thorazine first discovered and marketed?

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