1. Which of the following most closely fits an explanation of discrimination?

A:  Any exclusion or restriction which is based on any ground such as race or age, impairing the recognition of rights and freedoms
B:  Treating two people differently because of their race, ethnicity or colour
C:  When a State does not provide adequate social services

2. Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman to win a seat in the United States Congress said: "In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing..." What?

A:  neglect
B:  violence
C:  antihumanism

3. In which of the following situations has discriminatory treatment occurred?

A:  A device with a high-pitched sound, that only children can hear, is placed in a shop to keep children away
B:  A Ghanain pupil moves to a Dutch school and fails his exams because his Dutch is poor
C:  A girl has her stereo confiscated by police because neighbours complained it was too noisy and she refused to turn it down

4. What is the difference between positive and negative discrimination?

A:  Positive discrimination benefits the person, negative discrimination harms them
B:  Positive discrimination happens to black people, negative to white
C:  The outcome of negative discrimination is easily understood, while the outcome of positive discrimination is not

5. What is the difference between direct and indirect discrimination?

A:  Direct discrimination occurs between two individuals, while indirect occurs between groups of people
B:  Indirect discrimination happens when someone is treated unfavourably by non-government means. Direct discrimination occurs because of government intervention
C:  Direct discrimination occurs when someone is disadvantaged by being treated less favourably than someone else. Indirect discrimination happens when someone is disadvantaged by a provision that appears neutral, but that may put certain people at a disadvantage.

6. Which two international human rights treaties have 'discrimination' in their title?

A:  Those treaties concerning the rights of women, and people of different race or ethnicity
B:  The treaties concerning the rights of children and people with disabilities
C:  Those treaties concerning the rights of children and women

7. A black child is admitted to a school instead of a white child, because the school wants to ensure it has a representative number of black children in the school. What kind of discrimination is this?

A:  Negative
B:  Positive
C:  Educational

8. According to child rights advocate Bob Franklin, to what can the struggle for children's rights be compared?

A:  The struggle for women's suffrage?
B:  The struggle for rights for people with disabilities
C:  The struggle for racial equality

9. Which article in the Convention on the Rights of the Child prohibits discrimination?

A:  Article 2
B:  Article 3
C:  Article 32

10. In its October 2008 report on the UK, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child expressed concern "at the general climate of intolerance and negative public attitudes towards children, especially...

A:  when they assert themslves"?
B:  when they are naughty"?
C:  adolescents"?