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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Van der Kolk states that he wrote the book to serve "as both a guide" (14) and what other object?
(a) A boost.
(b) An invitation.
(c) A hand.
(d) A

2. In the dedication to the book, what object does Van der Kolk use to metaphorically characterize his patients?
(a) Textbooks.
(b) Keys.
(c) Kingdoms.
(d) Beacons.

3. Which level of the autonomic nervous system's response to danger is characterized by actions like entering a fugue state?
(a) Fight or flight.
(b) Neuroception.
(c) Social engagement.
(d) Freeze or collapse.

4. Van der Kolk states that when people are faced with danger, they secrete what substance?
(a) Dopamine.
(b) Stress hormones.
(c) Pheromones.
(d) Sweat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On which symptom of Tom's did Van der Kolk focus his initial treatment?

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

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

4. Van der Kolk states that "we now know that" what fraction of people who seek psychiatric care "have been assaulted, abandoned, neglected, or even raped as children, or have witnessed violence in their families" (28)?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Which of Tom's symptoms did Van der Kolk decide to actively treat and why?

2. What problems began to manifest in Tom's life despite his appearance of an easy transition back to his normal life upon returning from combat?

3. What aspects of Noam's traumatic experience made it unlikely that he would suffer lasting negative effects throughout his life?

4. What conclusion did Van der Kolk reach about the treatment of trauma after reading Charles Darwin's book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals?

5. What does Van der Kolk mean when he says he hopes that the book serves as not only a guide, but as an invitation?

6. In what way was summer camp a formative experience in Van der Kolk's trajectory toward his chosen career?

7. What type of assessment did Van der Kolk provide to Noam to figure out whether he was likely to experience lasting trauma?

8. What specific role does the right brain perform in the aftermath of trauma?

9. What aspect of the assessment Van der Kolk gave to Noam intrigued Van der Kolk the most and why?

10. What are the three levels of response available to humans facing stressful situations, according to Steve Porges?

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