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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Cheer the Weary Traveller, W.E.B. Du Bois, Germany and the Politics of (Dis)placement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Martin Robison Delany?
(a) An abolitionist.
(b) A historian.
(c) The father of black nationalism.
(d) A cultural critic who wrote about race.

2. What is the notion of the black Atlantic opposed to as Gilroy defines it?
(a) Racial relativism.
(b) Equal pay.
(c) Oppositional ethnic ideologies.
(d) Cultural historicism.

3. What kind of relation did Martin Robison Delany foresee between English capital, black American intellect and African labor?
(a) A hegemonic empire.
(b) A decentralized marketplace of powers and ideas.
(c) A global arts and entertainment empire.
(d) A dynamic alliance.

4. How does Gilroy characterize modern subjectivity?
(a) Unique.
(b) Ancient.
(c) Decentralized.
(d) Neurotic.

5. What effect do international corporations have on black musical styles in Gilroy's opinion?
(a) They drive change in the forms.
(b) They freeze the forms.
(c) They reward the simplest innovations.
(d) They follow the innovators.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling did DuBois see in the culture of diaspora blacks?

2. What does Gilroy say blacks used to unify themselves?

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

4. What language does Gilroy say sometimes dominates the language of racial emancipation in black music?

5. What image did English fans have of what a black performer should be like?

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