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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Without the Consolation of Tears, Richard Wright, France and the Ambivalence of Community.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gilroy say Richard Wright's profundity came from?
(a) His family.
(b) His personal experience.
(c) His access to African-American vernacular.
(d) His region.

2. How was Richard Wright received, according to Gilroy?
(a) As a scion of a new race.
(b) As an artist.
(c) As an exception to his race.
(d) As a representative of his race.

3. What idea does Gilroy say black consciousness forces us to revise?
(a) The idea of inalienable rights.
(b) The idea of the cultural center and the periphery.
(c) The idea of equality between workers, men and women, and the races.
(d) The idea that capitalism brings progress wherever it goes.

4. What has race been left out of, in Gilroy's opinion?
(a) The idea of capitalism.
(b) Utopian visions.
(c) The idea of modernity.
(d) Modern visions of socialism.

5. Who were the Fisk University Jubilee Singers' predecessors?
(a) Abolition singers.
(b) Appalachian spiritualists.
(c) Southern blues singers.
(d) African drummers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gilroy defend Richard Wright against charges of sexism?

2. What does Gilroy say master-race intellectuals often do to race?

3. How does Gilroy characterize the consciousness of the slave?

4. Under what light does this claim cease to hold up, in Gilroy's opinion?

5. What does Gilroy say is wrong with contemporary criticism of African-American literature?

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