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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. Who wrote the essay "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space"?
(a) Ta-Nahisi Coates.
(b) Charles Blow.
(c) Jonathan Capeheart.
(d) Brent Staples.

2. Who was crushed to death under a pile of rocks over a period of two days in 1692 in Salem?
(a) Biddy Jane.
(b) Biddy Rowan.
(c) Giles Gorey.
(d) Winston Hughes.

3. What did Martin Luther King Jr. believe about the ultimate measure of a man?
(a) It is defined by white man's definitions.
(b) It is defined by where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
(c) It is defined by his words, not his actions.
(d) It is defined by his access to education and wealth.

4. In which book does Ta-Nahisi Coates discuss the long-standing destruction of the Black body in America?
(a) Wander and Wonder.
(b) Finally Here.
(c) Between the World and Me.
(d) The History of Malcolm X.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two characteristics of resilience?

2. In the end of Chapter 3, who or what does Menakem ask the reader to envision?

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

4. What exercise does Menakem suggest for white readers at the end of Chapter 7?

5. What does Menakem ask Black readers to do at the end of Chapter 7?

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