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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT necessary in order for one to do great harm, according to Charles Blow?
(a) Operating with religious motivations.
(b) Operating in solitude.
(c) Operating in concert.
(d) Operating with great malice.

2. According to James Baldwin, when is the power of the white world threatened?
(a) When a Black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.
(b) When Black people gain more wealth.
(c) When a white person accepts that Black people are equal.
(d) When Black people gain better access to education.

3. What sometimes happen when one chooses dirty pain over clean pain?
(a) Nothing - dirty pain is no different from clean pain.
(b) He may try to overeat.
(c) He may try to "push" his trauma through another body.
(d) He may turn to religion.

4. What concepts were invented in the seventeenth century?
(a) Sympathy and Elegance.
(b) Right and wrong.
(c) Whiteness and Blackness.
(d) Torture and Empathy.

5. What movie does Menakem often show clips from in his workshops?
(a) Django Unchained.
(b) 12 Years a Slave.
(c) The Invisibles.
(d) Star Wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who killed Tamir Rice?

2. How does the police body see Black bodies, according to Menakem?

3. What are trauma and other adverse childhood events associated with?

4. Who wrote the book Everyday Narcissism?

5. What is the title of Barbara Tuchman's book?

Short Essay Questions

1. As a therapist, what has Menakem discovered about the first step in helping someone heal from trauma?

2. What did the English bring with them to America, according to Menakem in Chapter 4?

3. What happens when two or more unfamiliar bodies first encounter one another, according to Menakem?

4. How does Menakem define the Jim Crow era?

5. What do people often think of when they hear the phrase white supremacy, and what is the reality of the situation, according to Menakem?

6. What does our "lizard brain" mostly account for, according to Menakem?

7. What do scientists think about how stress in a pregnant woman can affect her unborn child?

8. What does an embedded trauma response in the body often manifest as, according to Menakem?

9. When did Menakem stop "honoring" white fragility in his own life?

10. What historical factor does Menakem argue white-body supremacy in America is linked to?

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