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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part II, what does Eddo-Lodge conclude that seeing race is essential to in relation to racism?
(a) Enacting positive discrimination measures.
(b) Changing the system.
(c) Understanding the true extent of the problem.
(d) Getting more support for one's goals.

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

3. What is the term Eddo-Lodge uses throughout the book that expresses the idea of actively trying to increase racial diversity across the public and private sectors in the U.K.?
(a) Affirmative action.
(b) Positive discrimination.
(c) Diversified hiring.
(d) Blind hiring.

4. Where did many Scottish men go to work as slave drivers during the years Britain had slaves working on its plantations?
(a) Micronesia.
(b) Eastern Europe.
(c) India.
(d) Jamaica.

5. What is Eddo-Lodge's opinion about color-blindess?
(a) It is a childish, stunted analysis of racism.
(b) The approach works best in well-established democratic nations.
(c) The approach works best in the developing world.
(d) It is the most preferable approach to addressing racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prompted the Brixton riots in 1981?

2. 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?

3. According to Eddo-Lodge, what does racism bring with it along with a disempowerment for those affected by it?

4. Where were the majority of Britain's plantations in the 1700s and 1800s?

5. Where was Dr. Harold Moody born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did John Fernandes stop teaching at the Police College in 1982?

2. How does Eddo-Lodge view the idea of telling ourselves and our children that we are all equal?

3. Why did so many people react negatively to MP Diane Abbott's tweet about race in 2012?

4. What does Eddo-Lodge argue the U.S. struggle against racism has done to the British struggle against racism?

5. How does Eddo-Lodge use the phrase "people of color" in her book?

6. How does Eddo-Lodge describe a safe space?

7. Why does Eddo-Lodge view this book as a paradox of sorts?

8. How does Eddo-Lodge describe her own original blog post about talking about race to white people?

9. Why was the SS Empire Windrush significant in the history of racism in Britain?

10. Why is structural racism often so difficult to hold to account, according to Eddo-Lodge?

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