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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political party did the politician Nigel Farage lead in the mid-2010s?
(a) UKIP.
(b) Freedom Fighters.
(c) Labour.
(d) Conservative.

2. Which term from the Harry Potter books does Eddo-Lodge cite as a slur that had racial connotations in the real world?
(a) Gallywort.
(b) Mudblood.
(c) Hayworm.
(d) Muggle.

3. Which then-MP for Blackburn used the term "easy meat" to describe white girls as sexual assault victims in 2011?
(a) John Lawlor.
(b) Martin Brenner.
(c) Jack Straw.
(d) Igly Quaid.

4. What program did Eddo-Lodge appear on on New Year's Eve 2013?
(a) BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.
(b) BBC Radio 2's Newsnight.
(c) News 4's Feminism Today.
(d) Channel 7's Knockout.

5. What does tackling racism often have conversations moving to and from, according to Eddo-Lodge?
(a) From justice to sensitivity.
(b) From economics to culture.
(c) From law enforcement to economics.
(d) From politics to personal matters.

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

7. What program did Nick Griffin appear on during the Brexit campaign to make comments that Eddo-Lodge watched in disbelief?
(a) BBC's This Week Tonight.
(b) Newsnight.
(c) BBC's Question Time.
(d) University Challenge.

8. What does Eddo-Lodge argue that critiques of racism should be subject to in Part III?
(a) The same passionate free speech defense as racist comments themselves.
(b) Defense from politicians.
(c) Forums at universities.
(d) Protection under the law.

9. What phrase was once used in the U.S. to admonish U.S.-born children of immigrants there?
(a) Land baby.
(b) Anchor baby.
(c) Planter baby.
(d) Fire baby.

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

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

12. What does intersectionality mean, according to Eddo-Lodge?
(a) The crossover of racism and sexism that happens to people who are both Black and women.
(b) The combination of economic and cultural hardship.
(c) The process one must go through to become an activist.
(d) The acceptance that changing structures must be preceded by a grieving process.

13. What did the website Breitbart London partially define intersectionality as in 2012?
(a) A hypocritical idea.
(b) A debate strategy.
(c) A farce.
(d) A paradox.

14. What did Griffin's political party, the BNP, have a statement on its website at one time arguing against?
(a) Mixed-race relationships.
(b) White people in Britain moving to other countries.
(c) Immigrants from Africa coming to America.
(d) White married people in Britain having less than five children per couple.

15. What does Eddo-Lodge think is one major danger in portraying misogyny as an import from other countries?
(a) It ignores all the previous research on the subject.
(b) It allows people to tell themselves it is not a native problem.
(c) It makes it easier for people to leave the country.
(d) It ignores that Black people are accused of misogyny more often than whites ones are.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice did Griffin give Eddo-Lodge at the end of their interview?

2. What was one major recurring headline in 2012 and 2013 that Eddo-Lodge thinks was racist?

3. Which politician told crowds in 1968 that soon, the Black man would "have the whip hand" over the white man in Britain?

4. Which of the following phrases captures one myth that white feminism engages itself with, according to Eddo-Lodge in Part IV?

5. What percentage of respondents to a 2016 British Social Attitudes survey identify themselves as, according to Enno-Lodge?

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