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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. What does Menakem call his list of the particular steps of moving through clean pain?
(a) The eight truths.
(b) The nine beings.
(c) The six steps.
(d) The five anchors.

2. Which friend of Menakem's is surprised by police mistreatment against him in Chapter 8?
(a) Ben.
(b) Henry.
(c) Bryan.
(d) Jeffery.

3. What does an embedded trauma response in the body manifest itself as?
(a) A non-specific hormonal response.
(b) A sleeping response.
(c) A running response.
(d) Flight, flee, or freeze.

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

5. What is the fifth step of moving through clean pain concered with?
(a) Discharging any energy remaining.
(b) Staying in the here and now.
(c) Singing.
(d) Dancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second step of moving through clean pain focused on?

2. What is one main message behind micro-aggressions?

3. Which years defined the Enslavement Era?

4. How many kinds of pain are there, according to Menakem?

5. Besides trauma, what do humans sometimes pass from generation to generation?

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