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

2. Where does white-body supremacy live, according to Menakem?
(a) In the air.
(b) In the textbooks.
(c) In the graveyards.
(d) In our bodies as well as our brains.

3. What did the initial invention of race require, according to Menakem?
(a) Religion.
(b) Height differences.
(c) Economic inequality.
(d) The creation of a deep conceptual divide.

4. What part of our brain is similar to that of birds and lizards?
(a) The brain stem, where the soul nerve connects to the brain.
(b) Our Wernicke's Area.
(c) Our homonculus.
(d) Our frontal cortex.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which form of white fragility does Robin DiAngelo describe in an excerpt in Chapter 7?

2. What does Menakem often tell people about resilience?

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

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

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

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