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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. Who did Menakem once co-host a radio show with in Minneapolis?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Keith Ellison.
(c) Hedly Jackson.
(d) Ta-Nahisi Coates.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does vicarious trauma involve?

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

4. What does Menakem say is happening in America in 2017 early in Part I?

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

(see the answer key)

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