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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. 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 traffic cone.
(c) A pair of wings.
(d) A swimming pool.

2. How many conditions must be met in order for the brain to do its main job?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

3. When Prozac was introduced in 1988, Van der Kolk realized that it was a drug that helped people be what?
(a) Optimistic.
(b) Grateful.
(c) Happy.
(d) Present.

4. The Polyvagal Theory involves the existence of how many different levels of response within the control of the autonomic nervous system?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

5. In what year was the object issued that a group of veteran patients of Van der Kolk's gave him for Christmas one year?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1971.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of her client's body was the massage therapist holding when her client called out to see where she had gone?

2. In which war did the veterans fight who gave Van der Kolk a particular gift for Christmas?

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

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

5. What is NOT a quality that results from an extended period of elevated stress hormone levels?

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