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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. Under what light does this claim cease to hold up, in Gilroy's opinion?
(a) In light of radical Islam's hostility.
(b) In light of the West's nationalist movements.
(c) In light of the West's relations with poorer nations.
(d) In light of the discontent of industrial workers.

2. What critique does black consciousness make of modernity?
(a) It is not as liberating as it likes to believe.
(b) It only uses the promise of opportunity as a ploy to make people complicit in their own poverty.
(c) It is not holistic.
(d) It is not honest.

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

4. How does Gilroy suggest we think about the history of slavery?
(a) As the moral blight on modernity.
(b) As central to Western culture.
(c) As an exception to Western civilization.
(d) As the defining institution in Western civilization.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the notion of the black Atlantic opposed to as Gilroy defines it?

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

3. When was Martin Robison Delany born?

4. How does Gilroy describe slavery?

5. What criticism does Gilroy make of modern racial and ethnic concepts?

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