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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Masters, Mistresses, Slaves and the Antinomies of Modernity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary form does Gilroy say gave blacks access to self-creation?
(a) Drama.
(b) Fiction.
(c) Autobiography.
(d) Poetry.

2. What reason does Gilroy use for justifying this characterization of the notion of racial purity?
(a) It gives individuals too much freedom.
(b) It fuels a false sense of cultural identity.
(c) It lumps dissimilar people together.
(d) It obscures realities.

3. What limitations are ideas of race experiencing in Gilroy's opinion?
(a) They are too rural.
(b) They are too essentialist.
(c) They are too nationalistic.
(d) They are too cosmopolitan.

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

5. What criticism does Gilroy make of modern racial and ethnic concepts?
(a) They are already outdated.
(b) They are too homogenous.
(c) They are not coherent.
(d) They are contain stereotypes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gilroy characterize defenders of modernity's attitude toward the African diaspora?

2. Whose narrative does Gilroy say rests upon the narrative of the black Atlantic?

3. What relation does Gilroy say Western culture has with black politics?

4. What was Martin Robison Delany vocally critical of, as Gilroy tells it?

5. What does Gilroy say modern racial concepts do too much of?

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