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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 55).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first step in healing when trauma is present, according to Menakem?
(a) Finding a partner.
(b) Setting out meditative practices.
(c) Educating someone on what trauma actually is.
(d) Helping someone learn to cook.

2. What happens when people experience repeated trauma over long periods?
(a) They often have heart attacks.
(b) Stress hormones are released in their bodies.
(c) They can no longer learn or keep going to school.
(d) They become overweight.

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

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

5. What does vicarious trauma involve?
(a) Reading about trauma.
(b) Watching someone else be traumatized.
(c) Thinking about trauma.
(d) Watching a movie about trauma.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which book does Ta-Nahisi Coates discuss the long-standing destruction of the Black body in America?

2. In Chapter 2, how does Menakem say the white body sees itself?

3. What part of our brain is similar to that of birds and lizards?

4. What movie does Menakem often show clips from in his workshops?

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

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