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

2. 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.

3. Where was Jessican's father originally from?
(a) Trinidad and Tobago.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) The United States.
(d) Zimbabwe.

4. What was the word Eddo-Lodge's white readers used most often to describe their feelings about her 2014 blog post on race that prompted her to write this book?
(a) Bewildering.
(b) Angering.
(c) Savage.
(d) Heartbreaking.

5. When did Eddo-Lodge begin to think about Black British history?
(a) When she was about 15 years old.
(b) After her college graduation.
(c) When she was about 10 years old.
(d) Her second year of university.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one white person Eddo-Lodge identifies as thinking about race as much as Eddo-Lodge herself does?

2. Why did Eddo-Lodge ask her mother at age 4 when she was going to "turn white"?

3. Which Black MP's comments touched off a Twitter firestorm of criticism and comments in 2012?

4. What important abolitionist group was established in the year 1787 in Britain?

5. 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?

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