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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. How does Menakem end each chapter?
(a) With a bullet list titled Re-memberings.
(b) With a haiku.
(c) With lyrics from a different song.
(d) With the same line about fighting oppression.

2. Which of the following does Menakem say about torture in the Middle Ages in England?
(a) It was a trademark of the royal family.
(b) It was advanced by the Puritans.
(c) It was mandated by law.
(d) It was spectator sport.

3. Where does trauma often spread?
(a) Through bodies.
(b) Through trees.
(c) Through flowers.
(d) Through housing.

4. What happens when people experience repeated trauma over long periods?
(a) They become overweight.
(b) They can no longer learn or keep going to school.
(c) Stress hormones are released in their bodies.
(d) They often have heart attacks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the very end of Chapter 7, what does Menakem remind white people that whiteness does NOT equal?

2. What does unhealed trauma act like?

3. How does the police body see Black bodies, according to Menakem?

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

5. What did Martin Luther King Jr. believe about the ultimate measure of a man?

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