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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. When was the Abolition of Slavery Act introduced in the British Empire?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1833.

2. Who was the judge who served the sentence in the murder trial of Stephen Lawrence?
(a) Judge Mr. Justice Eton.
(b) Judge Mr. Justice Treacy.
(c) Judge Mr. Justice Windsor.
(d) Judge Mr. Justice Windham.

3. Who were the highest proportion of U.K. students to receive the lowest possible college degree ranking between 2012 and 2013?
(a) White students.
(b) Black students.
(c) Indian students.
(d) Asian students.

4. Whose initial idea was a Black History Month in Britain?
(a) Betrand Rimmel.
(b) Marshall Hayes.
(c) Ansel Wong.
(d) Micheline Rodin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first coined the phrase "white privilege"?

2. How did Jessica first begin to see her extended family's manifestations of racist attitudes?

3. Which academic did Eddo-Lodge interview in 2014 on the subject of so-called color-blindness?

4. What city in Wales was the site of race riots on June 6, 1919?

5. Which Metropolitan Police Commissioner did Stephen Lawrence's family demand the resignation of in 1998?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Eddo-Lodge write in the Preface that she has to be very careful about entering into conversation about race with defiant white people?

2. In the Preface, what specific group of white people does Eddo-Lodge write that she does not want to talk to about race any longer?

3. In Chapter 3, what devastating question did Eddo-Lodge ask her mother when she was four years old about race?

4. What happened after Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016 that Eddo-Lodge mentions at the end of Part I?

5. What does Eddo-Lodge think about the idea of "color-blindness?"

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

7. What happened to Stephen Lawrence in 1993?

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

9. Why was Guy Bailey's rejection for a job at the British Omnibus Company significant?

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

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