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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 is racism often confused with, as Eddo-Lodge explains it in Part II?
(a) Power.
(b) Positive discrimination.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Ignorance.

2. What racist comment did Jessica's mother make about her father that upset her?
(a) A comment about the large size of Jessica's father's penis.
(b) A comment about her father's accent.
(c) A comment about her father's lack of intelligence.
(d) A comment about her father's cooking skills.

3. In 1982, where did John Fernandes work?
(a) Herrod's Department Store.
(b) Oxford University.
(c) The Brixton Police Department.
(d) Kilburn Polytechnic.

4. What did the sign that Robert Relf put outside his house for sale in 1976 say?
(a) Go Away Non-Whites.
(b) Will Shoot any Trespassers.
(c) No Blacks, Dogs, or Irish.
(d) For sale to an English family only.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jessica first begin to see her extended family's manifestations of racist attitudes?

2. In Part II, what does Eddo-Lodge write that structural racism in the U.K. is really about?

3. What organization did Dr. Harold Moody form in 1931 in England?

4. A 2009 report from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission found that what percentage of all Black men living in Britain were on the National DNA Database?

5. What is Eddo-Lodge's opinion about color-blindess?

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