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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. Who first coined the phrase "white privilege"?
(a) Theodore W. Allen.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) Winston Churchill.

2. What was the name for Indian soldiers who served and fought for Britain during WWI?
(a) Charlies.
(b) Sepoys.
(c) Alphas.
(d) Mercenaries.

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) Blind hiring.
(b) Positive discrimination.
(c) Diversified hiring.
(d) Affirmative action.

4. How does Eddo-Lodge define "people of color" in this book?
(a) Only Native Americans.
(b) Anyone of any race that is not white.
(c) Only Black people.
(d) Black people, Native Americans, and Asians.

5. Which slave ship's image did abolitionist William Elford publish in 1788?
(a) The Windrush.
(b) The Sandy Waves.
(c) The Brooks.
(d) The Eton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Jessican's father originally from?

2. Who were the highest proportion of U.K. students to receive the lowest possible college degree ranking between 2012 and 2013?

3. What were the group of young white men in the late 1950s who wore creeper shoes and shirts and who set upon the streets to assault Black people called?

4. Which law drastically restricted immigration rights for Britain's Commonwealth citizens in 1962?

5. What did the sign that Robert Relf put outside his house for sale in 1976 say?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did the police do to Cherry Groce in 1985?

4. What do many people continue to insist about the opportunities afforded to Black people in Britain, despite devastating statistics proving their life changes are hindered?

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

6. What is racism often confused with, and what is the difference between the two, according to Eddo-Lodge?

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

8. What reason did the Crown Prosecution Service give to account for not prosecuting any suspects in the Stephen Lawrence case?

9. Where were almost all of Britain's slaves brought to work in the 1700s and 1800s?

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

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