Ten questions. Think before you answer. Name: Score: _____ / 10
1. How many protected characteristics does the Equality Act 2010 list?
A) Five
B) Seven
C) Nine
D) Twelve
2. Is all offensive speech illegal in the UK?
A) Yes, being offensive is a crime
B) No. The criminal line is threats, harassment and stirring up hatred
C) Only offensive speech online is illegal
D) Only speech about religion is protected
3. What makes a hate crime different from the same act without hostility?
A) Nothing
B) Hostility to what the victim is can increase the sentence
C) Hate crimes are not real crimes
D) Only the location
4. A hate incident that is not itself a crime:
A) Cannot be reported
B) Should still be reported, because police record patterns and patterns reveal escalation
C) Is the victim's problem alone
D) Becomes a crime after three times automatically
5. Why is hate speech called a "message crime"?
A) It happens in messages
B) It targets one person but is meant to be heard by everyone who shares that characteristic
C) It only counts online
D) Police send a message back
6. The "two bars" idea means:
A) There is only one standard: the law
B) There is what the law allows, and separately what a decent person chooses. They are not the same
C) You should always do the legal minimum
D) Decency is legally required
7. A lot of online hate content is really:
A) Honest personal opinion
B) A business, engineered to hold your attention and profit from outrage
C) Random and meaningless
D) Required by the platforms
8. The radicalisation pattern in that content typically:
A) Starts with open hatred
B) Starts with jokes and relatable content, escalates step by step, and isolates you from dissent
C) Only targets adults
D) Announces itself clearly
9. Which is a realistic and effective upstander move?
A) Not laughing and not sharing
B) A private supportive message to the target
C) Reporting content and telling staff about patterns
D) All of the above
10. Where can hate crimes and incidents be reported to police online?
A) True Vision, at report-it.org.uk
B) Any social media app's help page
C) They cannot be reported online
D) Only via a solicitor
Answer Key (Teacher Copy)
1. C. Nine. 2. B. Getting this right buys credibility for everything else; do not overstate the law. 3. B. Sentencing uplift for hostility based on race, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or disability. 4. B. Perception-based recording, and why reporting is not "making a fuss". 5. B. The mechanism that gives "just words" its true dimensions. 6. B. The two-bars framing respects pupils' autonomy while resisting the "legal equals fine" move that manosphere and similar content pushes hard. 7. B. and 8. B. The machine and its pattern, taught as being let in on how you are played. This is the KS4-specific heart of the lesson and links to Prevent. 9. D. The full menu, all deliverable without heroics. 10. A. True Vision, including third-party reporting.