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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 55).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how does Menakem say the white body sees itself?
(a) As fragile and vulnerable.
(b) As sad.
(c) As invulnerable.
(d) As happy.

2. What does an embedded trauma response in the body manifest itself as?
(a) Flight, flee, or freeze.
(b) A sleeping response.
(c) A non-specific hormonal response.
(d) A running response.

3. What is a crucial skill in regards to the mind/body connection, according to Menakem?
(a) Learning to sing correctly.
(b) Contracting your muscles.
(c) Settling your body.
(d) Learning to check your eyesight.

4. Who wrote the book Everyday Narcissism?
(a) Fabrizio Charen.
(b) Vin Marlowe.
(c) Helen Steller.
(d) Nancy Van Dyken.

5. In the end of Chapter 3, who or what does Menakem ask the reader to envision?
(a) A baby animal.
(b) A flower.
(c) An ancestor.
(d) A sunset.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does white-body supremacy live, according to Menakem?

2. How can trauma be inherited, according to Menakem?

3. What sometimes happen when one chooses dirty pain over clean pain?

4. In the end of Chapter 3, what does Menakem say Blacks have developed over many years?

5. Besides trauma, what do humans sometimes pass from generation to generation?

(see the answer key)

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