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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 57 - 109).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to James Baldwin, when is the power of the white world threatened?
(a) When a Black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.
(b) When a white person accepts that Black people are equal.
(c) When Black people gain more wealth.
(d) When Black people gain better access to education.

2. What years defined the Middle Ages?
(a) Roughly 500 through 1500.
(b) Roughly 200 through 400.
(c) Roughly 1900 through 2000.
(d) Roughly 1600 through 1800.

3. Which years defined the Enslavement Era?
(a) 1600 through 1850.
(b) 1619 through 1865.
(c) 1750 through 1850.
(d) 1760 through 1920.

4. What question about ancestors does Menakem ask readers to consider in Chapter 3?
(a) When did your ancestors die?
(b) When did your ancestors settle in America?
(c) What did your ancestors do for a living?
(d) What will your ancestors tell you through meditation?

5. According to Toni Morrison's quote in Chapter 4, racism is which of the following?
(a) An inevitability.
(b) A financial incentive.
(c) A sin.
(d) A construct.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which years defined the New-Crow Era?

2. How does Menakem end each chapter?

3. What does unhealed trauma act like?

4. Who did Menakem once co-host a radio show with in Minneapolis?

5. What does Menakem caution the reader about in regards to the physical activities he outlines?

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