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

2. What is race, according to Menakem in the start of Chapter 5?
(a) A tool of the ruling class.
(b) An obstacle.
(c) A myth.
(d) A hope.

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

4. What is the name of Menakem's own son?
(a) Tezara.
(b) Tamir.
(c) Tariq.
(d) Trayvon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end of Chapter 3, what does Menakem say Blacks have developed over many years?

2. Who killed Tamir Rice?

3. Who wrote Killing the Black Body?

4. Which of the following is an impervious myth created by white-body supremacy about the Black body?

5. Who wrote the essay "Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space"?

(see the answer key)

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