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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 characterize the slaves' literacy?
(a) He says that literacy was inconsistent in the slave world.
(b) He says that they were denied literacy on pain of death.
(c) He says that some slaves could read and write, but only under supervision.
(d) He says that slave music relied on primitive literary forms.

2. How does Gilroy characterize the exceptionalist camp in black artistic circles?
(a) Demotic.
(b) Quotidian.
(c) Proletariat.
(d) Elite.

3. How does Gilroy characterize the mood of the black Atlantic?
(a) Condescending.
(b) Dry.
(c) Restless.
(d) Passionate.

4. How does Gilroy describe slavery?
(a) Equivocal.
(b) Multi-faceted.
(c) Complex.
(d) Brutal.

5. What does music represent, according to Gilroy?
(a) The conflict between literacy and experience.
(b) The essence of black culture.
(c) The ongoing struggle against modernity.
(d) Pre-discursive elements in black experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What function does the first chapter serve?

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

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

4. Whose point of view does Gilroy want to include in history?

5. What did DuBois believe in that Richard Wright did not believe in according to Gilroy?

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