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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Jewels Brought from Bondage, Black Music and the Politics of Authenticity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gilroy describe Afro-Atlantic culture's place in Western culture?
(a) Tenuous.
(b) Unsteady.
(c) Temporary.
(d) Secure.

2. Whose narrative does Gilroy say rests upon the narrative of the black Atlantic?
(a) The liberated woman's.
(b) The modern workers'.
(c) The white European's.
(d) The factory owners'.

3. What does Gilroy say is the fact of racial life?
(a) There are no clear boundaries between people.
(b) Races are strictly segregated in de facto fashion.
(c) Race is a matter of choice and identification.
(d) Governments are heavily invested in maintaining the distinction between races.

4. Whose consciousness is Black Atlantic focused on?
(a) African-Americans.
(b) Indigenous people.
(c) Anglo-Africans.
(d) Africans.

5. What does Gilroy say about the Enlightenment notion of universality?
(a) It was been perfected in the late twentieth century.
(b) It is no longer applicable in a transnational global culture.
(c) It is still the most accurate model of modern culture.
(d) It is now confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gilroy characterize the notion of racial purity?

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

3. What does Gilroy say led to Jimi Hendrix's triumph in the U.S.?

4. What did music create in Gilroy's opinion?

5. What literary form does Gilroy say gave blacks access to self-creation?

(see the answer key)

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