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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 177 - 233).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Menakem write that people often visit him for therapy?
(a) To be with his settled, regulated nervous system.
(b) To make jokes with him.
(c) To see his fish tank.
(d) To look at his books.

2. How many kinds of pain are there, according to Menakem?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

3. Which of the following forms does the pain of white progressives sometimes take, according to Menakem?
(a) White heartache.
(b) White flight.
(c) White guilt.
(d) White suspicion.

4. What does a settled body do, as explained by Menakem in Chapter 8?
(a) Helps other bodies it encounters to settle as well.
(b) Finds a way to read more deeply.
(c) Helps other bodies escalate.
(d) Finds a way to make it to the lowest point.

5. What does Menakem caution the reader about in regards to the physical activities he outlines?
(a) To do at least ten per day.
(b) Not to get frustrated if they do not work.
(c) To do them outside.
(d) Not to skip them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question about ancestors does Menakem ask readers to consider in Chapter 3?

2. What does Menakem say every therapist will tell people about healing?

3. What does writer Nikki Giovanni say happens when you do not understand yourself in her quote in Chapter 9?

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

5. What is the fifth step of moving through clean pain concered with?

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