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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 237 - 309).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which actress was widely recognized due to her pronunciation of the word "darling"?
(a) Meryl Streep.
(b) Gloria Swanson.
(c) Tallulah Bankhead.
(d) Heddie McDaniel.

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

3. What is the second step of moving through clean pain focused on?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Staying in the here and now.
(c) Journaling.
(d) Singing.

4. At the very end of Chapter 7, what does Menakem remind white people that whiteness does NOT equal?
(a) Condescension.
(b) Dominance.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Fragility.

5. How does the police body see Black bodies, according to Menakem?
(a) As dangerous and disruptive.
(b) As neutral.
(c) As too strong.
(d) As too weak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing that can be traumatizing to the police body, according to the re-memberings section in Chapter 8?

2. Who did Menakem once co-host a radio show with in Minneapolis?

3. What is one way that Menakem says will not work to try to end white-body supremacy?

4. What do oppressed people often do in regard to the trauma-based values and strategies of their oppressors?

5. What is life full of, according to Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah's quote in Chapter 12?

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