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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Britain begin trading in African slaves?
(a) 1783.
(b) 1590.
(c) 1562.
(d) 1607.

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

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

5. What year was the decision from the inquest on Stephen Lawrence's death announced?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2003.

6. What was the date of Stephen Lawrence's death?
(a) December 20, 1993.
(b) April 22, 1993.
(c) August 13, 1993.
(d) March 10, 1993.

7. Which transportation company did Guy Bailey interview with in 1965?
(a) The Marshall Organization.
(b) British Rail and Road.
(c) The Brixton Bus Company.
(d) Bristol Omnibus Company.

8. What does Eddo-Lodge write in the Preface that she spends most of her time doing now, despite her blog post in 2014 stating she would do the opposite?
(a) Watching movies.
(b) Volunteering.
(c) Baking cakes.
(d) Talking to white people about race.

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

10. 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 is university-educated, able-bodied, and she speaks and writes in ways similar to those she chooses to criticize.
(c) She has traveled extensively.
(d) She is from a wealthy family.

11. Who was Stephen Lawrence with when he was stabbed to death in 1993?
(a) Robert Bannon.
(b) Marshall Windstead.
(c) Daniel Chimanda.
(d) Duwayne Brooks.

12. What prompted the Brixton riots in 1981?
(a) The police beating of an unarmed Black man.
(b) The police shooting of Douglas Rabar.
(c) The police beating of a young Black woman.
(d) The police force's Operation Swamp.

13. According to Eddo-Lodge, what does racism bring with it along with a disempowerment for those affected by it?
(a) An empowerment for those who are not affected by it.
(b) Guilt for those who are not affected by it.
(c) A loss of opportunity 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.

14. What term did Muriel Fletcher's 1930 report cement the use of?
(a) Negro-caste.
(b) Half-caste.
(c) Monetery-Caste.
(d) Immersion-Caste.

15. Which Metropolitan Police Commissioner did Stephen Lawrence's family demand the resignation of in 1998?
(a) Sir Paul Condon.
(b) Sir Richard Wright.
(c) Maria Rindell.
(d) Catherine Baynard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote that "Safe spaces is a direct corollary of the rise of identity politics" in the Guardian?

2. How does the mixed-race "Jessica" choose to identify in terms of racial background?

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

4. 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?

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

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