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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. According to Eddo-Lodge, what does racism bring with it along with a disempowerment for those affected by it?
(a) Guilt for those who are not affected by it.
(b) A loss of opportunity for those who are not affected by it.
(c) An empowerment for those who are not affected by it.
(d) Negative economic repercussions and a lowered life expectancy for those who are not affected by it.

2. What did Stephen Lawrence's case teach Eddo-Lodge?
(a) There are occasions when the police cannot be trusted to act fairly.
(b) It is smart to record interactions with the police.
(c) There are some parts of town that are safer than others.
(d) Public transport is perilous for Black people in Britain.

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

4. What legal requirement in the U.K. adoption process did David Cameron remove in 2012?
(a) For adoptions to only be allowed to married, heterosexual couples.
(b) For adoptions to only be allowed to parents living in major U.K. cities.
(c) For prospective parents to have a certain income threshold.
(d) For local authorities to consider a child's racial, cultural and linguistic background during the adoption process.

5. What city did Martin Luther King Jr. write a famous letter from a jail cell in in 1963?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Jackson, Mississippi.
(d) Birmingham, Alabama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose initial idea was a Black History Month in Britain?

2. What were the group of young white men in the late 1950s who wore creeper shoes and shirts and who set upon the streets to assault Black people called?

3. What term did Muriel Fletcher's 1930 report cement the use of?

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

5. What was Britain's first race-relations act, The Race Relations Act, passed?

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