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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. What movie does Menakem often show clips from in his workshops?
(a) Django Unchained.
(b) Star Wars.
(c) The Invisibles.
(d) 12 Years a Slave.

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

3. Which form of white fragility does Robin DiAngelo describe in an excerpt in Chapter 7?
(a) A strong aversion to promoting Black people in the workplace.
(b) A strong defensive response whenever a white body is challenged on the subject of race and equity.
(c) A strong aversion to eating food cooked by Black people.
(d) A strong aversion to repealing laws that keep Black people at a disadvantage.

4. What do white bodies often desire to do in relation to Black bodies, according to Menakem?
(a) Dominate, control, and brutalize Black ones.
(b) Accept Black ones.
(c) Assimilate with Black ones.
(d) Separate from Black ones.

5. Which years defined the Native American Decimation and European Colony Era?
(a) Roughly 1500 through 1610.
(b) Roughly 500 through 700.
(c) Roughly 1200 through 1400.
(d) Roughly 1700 through 1800.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are two characteristics of resilience?

3. In which book does Ta-Nahisi Coates discuss the long-standing destruction of the Black body in America?

4. In Chapter 6, which child's death affected Menakem very significantly?

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

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