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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 237 - 309).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of our brain is similar to that of birds and lizards?
(a) The brain stem, where the soul nerve connects to the brain.
(b) Our homonculus.
(c) Our Wernicke's Area.
(d) Our frontal cortex.

2. What did Wilma Rudolph once say "the triumph" could not happen without?
(a) The struggle.
(b) The understanding.
(c) The music.
(d) The collective action.

3. What do therapists working with couples often discover?
(a) One partner has spent time in jail.
(b) One partner has an eating disorder.
(c) One partner has unhealed trauma.
(d) Both partners have had physical fights in the past.

4. Which actress was widely recognized due to her pronunciation of the word "darling"?
(a) Gloria Swanson.
(b) Meryl Streep.
(c) Tallulah Bankhead.
(d) Heddie McDaniel.

5. What can whiteness mean if its meaning is transformed collectively in America, according to Menakem?
(a) Being conciliatory.
(b) Taking the lead in re-writing history.
(c) Taking responsibility.
(d) Being fair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Officer Soppeland do immediately after shooting Matthew Hovland-Knase?

2. How does the Black body see the white body?

3. Where does trauma often spread?

4. Which form of white fragility does Robin DiAngelo describe in an excerpt in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 2, how does Menakem say the white body sees itself?

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