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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 (Pages 57 - 116).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important abolitionist group was established in the year 1787 in Britain?
(a) The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
(b) The Gettysburg Group.
(c) The Society of Abolitionists in Britain.
(d) The Emancipation Group.

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

3. Why does Eddo-Lodge say she herself is also an insider as well as an outsider in the system?
(a) She has traveled extensively.
(b) She is from a wealthy family.
(c) She is university-educated, able-bodied, and she speaks and writes in ways similar to those she chooses to criticize.
(d) She has worked in government jobs before.

4. Which city had been the site of Britain's largest slave port?
(a) Blackpool.
(b) Hartfordshire.
(c) Liverpool.
(d) London.

5. Who wrote that "Safe spaces is a direct corollary of the rise of identity politics" in the Guardian?
(a) Charles Lorley.
(b) Lord Quigley Hawley.
(c) Ian Dunt.
(d) Katie Brooks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is racism often confused with, as Eddo-Lodge explains it in Part II?

2. In 2016, the Higher Education Statistics Agency found that what proportion of professors teaching in British Universities were white men?

3. According to Eddo-Lodge, what does racism bring with it along with a disempowerment for those affected by it?

4. What prompted the Brixton riots in 1981?

5. When was the Abolition of Slavery Act introduced in the British Empire?

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