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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What significant educational institution in Britain was the focus of the 2015 movements to remove a statue of a historical figure there?
(a) Oxford University.
(b) The University of London.
(c) Trinity College.
(d) The University of Nottingham.

2. The casting around which of the following Harry Potter characters for a new play caused an uproar in 2015?
(a) Ronald Weasley.
(b) Hermione Granger.
(c) Albus Dumbledore.
(d) Harry Potter.

3. What does Eddo-Lodge argue that Black feminism was reduced to partially due to the backlash over the idea of intersectionality?
(a) A fad.
(b) A movement that was actually started by conservatives wishing to destroy the broader feminist movement.
(c) A movement that could not survive in Britain.
(d) A disruptive force that was upsetting white feminism and white feminism.

4. Which of the following is necessary in combating the exploitation of women, according to Eddo-Lodge?
(a) Longer jail sentences for sexual assaults.
(b) Attacking culture messages that tell men that women's bodies are available for the taking.
(c) More effort on the part of elected officials to push back against sexual assault.
(d) More women in positions of power at major media organizations.

5. Which politician told crowds in 1968 that soon, the Black man would "have the whip hand" over the white man in Britain?
(a) Tony Blair.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Gordon Browne.
(d) Enoch Powell.

6. What percentage of respondents to a 2016 British Social Attitudes survey identify themselves as, according to Enno-Lodge?
(a) Working class.
(b) Educated class.
(c) Upper class.
(d) Middle class.

7. Which book did Eddo-Lodge read lines from in her garden, thinking she might apply for a character's role in the upcoming casting of the film based on that book?
(a) Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix.
(b) Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban.
(c) Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire.
(d) Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone.

8. What does Eddo-Lodge write that she fears might happen when white feminism has "won"?
(a) No one will worry about sexual abuse of women any longer.
(b) There will be a backlash among men.
(c) Black women will be even more vilified than they are now.
(d) Things will look very much the same as they do now.

9. Which academic wrote a Daily Mail article in 2016 framed around the issue of Brexit that argued Britain was essentially losing its whiteness?
(a) Boris Johnson.
(b) Nigel Farage.
(c) David Coleman.
(d) Nick Griffin.

10. Which of the following phrases captures one myth that white feminism engages itself with, according to Eddo-Lodge in Part IV?
(a) "Britain has always been a meritocracy."
(b) "I have money because I worked hard."
(c) "I don't see race."
(d) "Some Black people are angry because they did not work hard enough to be prosperous."

11. How did the public come to learn about Sony Pictures' plans for some of its upcoming films in 2014?
(a) The company was hacked.
(b) The CEO announced them before she was fired.
(c) An actor leaked them.
(d) An anonymous director leaked them.

12. What advice did Griffin give Eddo-Lodge at the end of their interview?
(a) She should apply for a job at The Guardian newspaper.
(b) She should get a job in government.
(c) She should move somewhere else to have children, somewhere ideally connected to her heritage.
(d) She should get a job as a professor at Oxford.

13. According to Eddo-Lodge, whiteness both positions itself as the norm and also does which of the following?
(a) Sometimes takes a good look at its own myths.
(b) Refuses to recognise itself for what it is.
(c) Would actually prefer to have more competition.
(d) Tries to help Black people gain more equality.

14. What did the white feminist distaste for intersectionality evolve into during the 2010s, according to Eddo-Lodge?
(a) A spurning of all feminism.
(b) A willingness to take a harder look at Britain's history of racism.
(c) An uneasy alliance with the conservative agenda.
(d) A hatred of the idea of white privilege.

15. What slogan did the Labour Party put on mugs during the 2015 general election in Britain?
(a) Controls on Immigration.
(b) Down With The Cause.
(c) Britain First Forever.
(d) No Blacks, No Irish, No Dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following questions does Eddo-Lodge write many women's magazines in the 1990s and early 2000s focused on?

2. Which three categories have traditionally been accepted as the class categories in Britain?

3. Which columnist did Eddo-Lodge cite as having described refugees trying to travel to Britain as "cockroaches"?

4. Which abolitionist and women's rights activist addressed the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in 1851?

5. What was the country of Zimbabwe formerly known as?

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