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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) Changing the system.
(b) Enacting positive discrimination measures.
(c) Getting more support for one's goals.
(d) Understanding the true extent of the problem.

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

3. Where was Jessican's father originally from?
(a) The United States.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Zimbabwe.
(d) Trinidad and Tobago.

4. In the 1980s, which political party did Britain's settled Black and brown people mostly belong to?
(a) Torys.
(b) Whigs.
(c) Labour.
(d) Conservative.

5. Who was Stephen Lawrence with when he was stabbed to death in 1993?
(a) Duwayne Brooks.
(b) Marshall Windstead.
(c) Robert Bannon.
(d) Daniel Chimanda.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A 2009 report from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission found that what percentage of all Black men living in Britain were on the National DNA Database?

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

4. Which magazine published an editorial on the rise of mixed-race Britain in 2014?

5. Where was Dr. Harold Moody born?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the judge in the Stephen Lawrence case say when two men were eventually convicted of killing him 19 years after his murder?

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

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

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

6. What happened to Stephen Lawrence in 1993?

7. Who was responsible for bringing about the existence of Britain's Black History Month, and when did it begin?

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

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

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

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