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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. From which person at camp did Van der Kolk learn about the functions of human kidneys?
2. What is NOT an area of the brain pointed out within the set of images in Chapter 3: Looking into the Brain: The Neuroscience Revolution?
3. At the end of Chapter 2: Revolution in Understanding Mind and Brain, Van der Kolk explains that when he saw the limitations of drugs in the treatment of trauma, he began to look for treatments that were more what?
4. In what year did Van der Kolk meet Tom?
5. What is the name of the woman featured in the discussion of massage therapy in Chapter 6: Losing Your Body, Losing Your Self?
Short Essay Questions
1. What traumatic event did Noam, the five-year-old discussed in Chapter 4, "Running For Your Life" witness?
2. What is Van der Kolk's purpose for including a story about Tom's refusal to take his prescribed medication?
3. What specific role does the right brain perform in the aftermath of trauma?
4. 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?
5. Explain Charles Darwin's theory about the purpose of emotions and Van der Kolk's reason for including it.
6. In the prologue of the text, Van der Kolk names the three main avenues of treatment available to survivors of trauma. What are they?
7. What aspect of the assessment Van der Kolk gave to Noam intrigued Van der Kolk the most and why?
8. What does Van der Kolk mean when he says he hopes that the book serves as not only a guide, but as an invitation?
9. What three elements of the body did Charles Darwin assert communicated by using the same nerve?
10. What are the three levels of response available to humans facing stressful situations, according to Steve Porges?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what way does Van der Kolk go about breaking the text into parts and how do these structural elements help to advance the text’s arguments?
Essay Topic 2
What is Van der Kolk's message regarding a particular shift in worldview that needs to occur for a particular group of people and why?
Essay Topic 3
Write a critical essay about The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the book's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the book.
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