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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 111 - 175).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who killed Tamir Rice?
(a) Officer Mayton Blane.
(b) Officer Timothy Loehmann.
(c) Officer James Mendelay.
(d) Officer Henry Reese.

3. Which years defined the Enslavement Era?
(a) 1760 through 1920.
(b) 1600 through 1850.
(c) 1619 through 1865.
(d) 1750 through 1850.

4. How does Menakem describe many of the English who fled to America in the 1600s?
(a) As religious extremists.
(b) As the middle class.
(c) As victims of trauma themselves.
(d) As the ruling class.

5. Who shot Philando Castile?
(a) Officer Henley Bowen.
(b) Officer Jeronimo Yanez.
(c) Officer John Riley.
(d) Officer Heletia Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does an embedded trauma response in the body manifest itself as?

2. How can trauma be inherited, according to Menakem?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Menakem explicitly say is not a valid defense for murder?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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