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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 does Gilroy say about the realities of black experiences on both sides of the Atlantic?
(a) They are not well theorized.
(b) They are unified around the experience of slavery.
(c) They do not fit into neat categories.
(d) They are centered on the experience of the exploitations of capitalism.

2. How does Gilroy characterize the relation that binds the master race to the slave race?
(a) Dependence.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Subservience.
(d) Absolute power.

3. How does Gilroy say racial roots should be understood?
(a) As a process of movement and mediation.
(b) As a source of power.
(c) As ancient essences.
(d) As a hidden history.

4. When was Martin Robison Delany born?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1888.

5. What concept has captured leftist thinkers in the academy according to Gilroy?
(a) Ethnic absolutism.
(b) American essentialism.
(c) Cultural relativism.
(d) Revisionism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gilroy say the Black Atlantic should be understood?

2. How does Gilroy characterize modern subjectivity?

3. What does Gilroy say postmodernism claims for itself?

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 What has been superseded by economic, social and cultural forces, according to Gilroy?

5. How does Gilroy characterize the modern self?

(see the answer key)

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