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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 (Pages 57 - 116).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Eddo-Lodge say she herself is also an insider as well as an outsider in the system?
(a) She is from a wealthy family.
(b) She is university-educated, able-bodied, and she speaks and writes in ways similar to those she chooses to criticize.
(c) She has worked in government jobs before.
(d) She has traveled extensively.

2. What is racism often confused with, as Eddo-Lodge explains it in Part II?
(a) Power.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Positive discrimination.

3. What city in Wales was the site of race riots on June 6, 1919?
(a) Martinique.
(b) Ainsway.
(c) Anglesea.
(d) Newport.

4. Which magazine published an editorial on the rise of mixed-race Britain in 2014?
(a) The Statesman.
(b) The Guardian.
(c) The Evening Herald.
(d) The Economist.

5. What legal requirement in the U.K. adoption process did David Cameron remove in 2012?
(a) For adoptions to only be allowed to married, heterosexual couples.
(b) For prospective parents to have a certain income threshold.
(c) For local authorities to consider a child's racial, cultural and linguistic background during the adoption process.
(d) For adoptions to only be allowed to parents living in major U.K. cities.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the British high court welcome its first Black judge onto the court?

2. Which American sports organization announced measures to address the lack of Black managers in the sport in 2002?

3. What city did Martin Luther King Jr. write a famous letter from a jail cell in in 1963?

4. How does Eddo-Lodge define "people of color" in this book?

5. Which city had been the site of Britain's largest slave port?

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