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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. Tom refused to comply with which type of treatment prescribed by Van der Kolk?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Pharmaceuticals.
(c) Behavioral Therapy.
(d) Hypnosis.

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

3. 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 organism.
(d) The human brain.

4. Tom, the patient Van der Kolk describes in Chapter 1: Lessons From Vietnam Veterans, had been in which branch of the military?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Army.
(c) The Marines.
(d) The Air Force.

5. How many fundamental avenues does Van der Kolk claim can "palliate or even reverse the damage" (13) caused by trauma?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two activities were the only ones that could calm Tom when he returned from Vietnam?

2. What position did Van der Kolk hold when he first began to work at a mental health center?

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

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

5. What types of techniques became possible in the early 1990s and helped humans understand the way the brain processes information?

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