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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Preface - Chapter 1 (Pages 1-56).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Britain vote to leave the European Union?
(a) 2018.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2016.

2. Where were the majority of Britain's plantations in the 1700s and 1800s?
(a) The Micronesian Islands.
(b) The Caribbean.
(c) East Asia.
(d) Eastern Europe.

3. What city in Wales was the site of race riots on June 6, 1919?
(a) Ainsway.
(b) Anglesea.
(c) Newport.
(d) Martinique.

4. How does Eddo-Lodge define "people of color" in this book?
(a) Anyone of any race that is not white.
(b) Black people, Native Americans, and Asians.
(c) Only Black people.
(d) Only Native Americans.

5. Which slave ship's image did abolitionist William Elford publish in 1788?
(a) The Eton.
(b) The Brooks.
(c) The Sandy Waves.
(d) The Windrush.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Britain begin trading in African slaves?

2. Which archaic law gave the police in Britain the power to stop, search and arrest anyone they suspected might commit a crime and that the police often used in the 1970s?

3. What prompted the Brixton riots in 1981?

4. Which law drastically restricted immigration rights for Britain's Commonwealth citizens in 1962?

5. Why did the nearly 500 people from the Caribbean come to Britain in 1948 on the Windrush ship?

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