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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who died of a heart attack shortly after police raided her home in 1985?
2. Which law drastically restricted immigration rights for Britain's Commonwealth citizens in 1962?
3. What important abolitionist group was established in the year 1787 in Britain?
4. What is racism often confused with, as Eddo-Lodge explains it in Part II?
5. How many years after Stephen Lawrence's death were two men found guilty of his murder?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Eddo-Lodge describe a safe space?
2. Who was responsible for bringing about the existence of Britain's Black History Month, and when did it begin?
3. How does Eddo-Lodge describe her own original blog post about talking about race to white people?
4. How does Eddo-Lodge view the idea of telling ourselves and our children that we are all equal?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. Why did John Fernandes stop teaching at the Police College in 1982?
8. What does Eddo-Lodge think about the idea of "color-blindness?"
9. 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?
10. What happened after Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016 that Eddo-Lodge mentions at the end of Part I?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What events and/or feelings drove Eddo-Lodge to write her original blog post in 2014 about her decision to stop talking to white people about race? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What was the result of the British Bus Boycott in 1965 and why does Eddo-Lodge think it was a significant historical event? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Why was the legacy of the Windrush so significant to the history of race relations in the U.K., according to Eddo-Lodge? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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