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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At which institution of higher learning did Mary Main work when she and her colleagues coined the term "disorganized attachment" (116)?
(a) University of Boston.
(b) Cornell.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) University of Washington.

2. How many years before the publication of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma did Mary Main and her colleagues coin the term "disorganized attachment" (116)?
(a) 3.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

3. In what year was the novel All Quiet on the Western Front published?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1903.

4. 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 bipolar disorder if a doctor focuses on which symptom?
(a) Lethargy.
(b) Irritability.
(c) Mood swings.
(d) Sleeplessness.

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

6. What term did the Southborough Report seek to abolish in the diagnoses of war veterans?
(a) Trauma.
(b) Disability.
(c) Shell-shock.
(d) Anxiety.

7. How old was Maria when she first came to Van der Kolk's residential treatment center?
(a) 15.
(b) 11.
(c) 21.
(d) 40.

8. Van der Kalk states that the "essence of trauma is" (195) all but which of the following?
(a) Overwhelming.
(b) Unbelievable.
(c) Unbearable.
(d) Invisible.

9. In what year did Janet publish "the first book-length account of" (187) a particular subject?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1921.

10. 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) Both traumatized and normal.
(c) Only traumatized.
(d) Only normal.

11. In what way does Van der Kolk classify Maria's identity?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) Mexican.
(c) Columbian.
(d) Latinx.

12. Which kind of ACE scores are associated with the greatest chances of problems relating to trauma?
(a) High.
(b) Flat.
(c) Low.
(d) Constant.

13. To whom is the epigraph for Chapter 7, "Getting on the Same Wavelength: Attachment and Attunement" attributed?
(a) Henry Murray.
(b) Jean Piaget.
(c) Nina Fish-Murray.
(d) Diane Foshe.

14. For how many years did Maria participate in an equine therapy program?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

15. The subjects of Van der Kolk's study of memories included how many people who had been abused as children?
(a) 5.
(b) 35.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the final piece of scientific literature published about the effects of combat trauma?

2. What type of abuse most often results in total memory loss?

3. How old was Marilyn when Van der Kolk first began to treat her?

4. In what year did Van der Kolk convince a circuit court judge that memories of sexual abuse often remain inaccessible to victims for years?

5. What is NOT an element described by W. H. Auden as one that resents "approaches that are too intense" (125)?

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