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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 (Pages 117 - 160).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many Black 16- to 24-year-olds were out of work in the U.K. in 2012?
(a) 10%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 80%.

2. What was the country of Zimbabwe formerly known as?
(a) Leesburg.
(b) Vendowe.
(c) Rhodesia.
(d) Churchillia.

3. What is the term Eddo-Lodge uses throughout the book that expresses the idea of actively trying to increase racial diversity across the public and private sectors in the U.K.?
(a) Diversified hiring.
(b) Blind hiring.
(c) Positive discrimination.
(d) Affirmative action.

4. Which conservative MP defended the feminist who criticized Eddo-Lodge on the 2013 New Year's Eve program they appeared on together?
(a) Louise Mensch.
(b) Margaret Miller.
(c) Jo Riley.
(d) Jen Hawley.

5. In Part II, what does Eddo-Lodge write that structural racism in the U.K. is really about?
(a) Lingering resentment about the U.K.'s losses in WWI.
(b) Post WWII habits that became entrenched in society.
(c) How Britain's relationship with race infects and distorts equal opportunity.
(d) The long shadow of the monarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddo-Lodge compare her practice of meeting with Black feminists once per month to in Part III?

2. Who was the judge who served the sentence in the murder trial of Stephen Lawrence?

3. What was the name for Indian soldiers who served and fought for Britain during WWI?

4. Where were the majority of Britain's plantations in the 1700s and 1800s?

5. Which slave ship's image did abolitionist William Elford publish in 1788?

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