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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. 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 will your ancestors tell you through meditation?
(d) What did your ancestors do for a living?

2. Besides trauma, what do humans sometimes pass from generation to generation?
(a) Resilience.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Suspicion.
(d) Haughtiness.

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

4. What are two characteristics of resilience?
(a) It is often underrated.
(b) It is often hard to define.
(c) It is often intrinsic and learned.
(d) It is often sinister.

5. How can trauma be inherited, according to Menakem?
(a) Through church teachings.
(b) Through food.
(c) Through genes.
(d) Through the trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does vicarious trauma involve?

2. Who wrote the book Everyday Narcissism?

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

4. How many kinds of pain are there, according to Menakem?

5. What does Menakem hope to help people with in respect to their bodies throughout the book, as he outlines it in Chapter 2?

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