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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: The Imprint of Trauma.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Janet is said to have published "the first book-length account of" (187) what subject?
(a) Traumatic stress.
(b) Incest.
(c) The role of genetics in violent behavior.
(d) Child abuse.

2. Chapter 12, “The Unbearable Heaviness of Remembering,” begins with the assertion that scientific interest in trauma has been experiencing wild fluctuations for how many years?
(a) 150.
(b) 100.
(c) 75.
(d) 30.

3. The function of the brain, Van der Kolk asserts, is to ensure what?
(a) Logic.
(b) Survival.
(c) Solutions to problems.
(d) Homeostasis.

4. In what state did Van der Kolk work with kids in the Children's Center at a particular mental health center?
(a) Maine.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Florida.
(d) New York.

5. What is NOT a quality that results from an extended period of elevated stress hormone levels?
(a) Immunity.
(b) Fear.
(c) Rage.
(d) Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the outbreak of a particular war refocused society's attention on trauma, what method of psychological treatment had risen to prominence?

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

3. What does the letter A in the acronym ACE stand for?

4. In what year did a particular country's government issue the Southborough Report?

5. From what location did Noam watch a plane slam into the World Trade Center on the morning of 9/11?

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