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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Van der Kolk convince a circuit court judge that memories of sexual abuse often remain inaccessible to victims for years?
(a) 2003.
(b) 1996.
(c) 2011.
(d) 1979.

2. In Chapter 8: “Trapped in Relationships: The Cost of Abuse and Neglect,” Van der Kolk claims that victims of sexual abuse are often diagnosed with ADD if a doctor focuses on which symptom?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Tremors.
(c) Amnesia.
(d) Restlessness.

3. The majority of the patients previously diagnosed as having Borderline Personality Disorder reported being the victim of abuse before what age?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 14.

4. Which group(s) of research subjects looking at the photograph of kids watching their father noted danger present in the situation?
(a) Neither traumatized nor normal.
(b) Only normal.
(c) Only traumatized.
(d) Both traumatized and normal.

5. While Julian was serving in the military, he remembered that he had been sexually abused as a child by which member of his community?
(a) A bus driver.
(b) A priest.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A coach.

6. What method was widely used to treat combat trauma caused by World War II experiences?
(a) Truth serum.
(b) Hypnosis.
(c) Massage.
(d) Acupuncture.

7. How much of her childhood did Marilyn remember when she first began to see Van der Kolk?
(a) Nothing before age 6.
(b) Half of it.
(c) All of it.
(d) Very little.

8. On what occasion did Van der Kolk see Maria again for the first time since she left the residential treatment center?
(a) Maria's 21st birthday.
(b) Maria's high school graduation.
(c) Maria's funeral.
(d) Maria's 18th birthday.

9. What is NOT an element described by W. H. Auden as one that resents "approaches that are too intense" (125)?
(a) Love.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Truth.
(d) Sleep.

10. In Chapter 8: “Trapped in Relationships: The Cost of Abuse and Neglect,” Van der Kolk claims that victims of sexual abuse are often diagnosed with clinical depression if a doctor focuses on which symptom?
(a) Listlessness.
(b) Ennui.
(c) Despair.
(d) Dissociation.

11. How many days before Julian would have been eligible for full benefits was he discharged from the military?
(a) 60.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

12. Which country's government was responsible for issuing the Southborough Report?
(a) France.
(b) The United States.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

13. Generally, a memory is captured more vividly if more of what substance is secreted at the time the memory is made?
(a) Adrenaline.
(b) Pheromones.
(c) Dopamine.
(d) Serotonin.

14. In what year did a particular country's government issue the Southborough Report?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1934.

15. In what part of her eye did Marilyn contract an autoimmune disease?
(a) Retina.
(b) Lens.
(c) Iris.
(d) Cornea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term did the Southborough Report seek to abolish in the diagnoses of war veterans?

2. The photograph discussed in Chapter 7: , "Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement" depicts children watching their father complete what task?

3. The subjects of Van der Kolk's study of memories included how many people who had been abused as children?

4. What is NOT an institution that often results in trauma survivors' needs being dismissed?

5. In what branch of the military was Julian serving when he was given a medical discharge?

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