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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. How does Gilroy say the Black Atlantic should be understood?
(a) As a unit of cultural analysis.
(b) As a collision of cultures.
(c) As a period in race relations.
(d) As a form of economic exchange.

2. What does the concept of the Black Atlantic do to old notions of race, according to Gilroy?
(a) Confirms them.
(b) Revises them.
(c) Challenges them.
(d) Explodes them.

3. Whose point of view does Gilroy want to include in history?
(a) The slave owner's.
(b) The woman's.
(c) The free black's.
(d) The slave's.

4. What does Gilroy say blacks search for in spite of the fragmentation of musical genres and traditions?
(a) More innovative musical forms.
(b) African roots.
(c) Tools for assimilating.
(d) Core blackness.

5. What does music allow black culture to do with this feeling?
(a) Deny it.
(b) Commercialize it.
(c) Escape it.
(d) Repossess it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilroy say Richard Wright was criticized for?

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

3. What does Gilroy say was a formative influence on black culture in Richard Wright's works?

4. What effect do international corporations have on black musical styles in Gilroy's opinion?

5. What has been superseded by economic, social and cultural forces, according to Gilroy?

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