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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of conception of blackness does Gilroy say he prefers?
(a) Pluralistic.
(b) Modern.
(c) Accommodationist.
(d) Essential.

2. What does the black person's perpetual searching indicate to Gilroy?
(a) Exile.
(b) Insecurity.
(c) Slave mentality.
(d) Curiosity.

3. What does Gilroy say the language of ethnic opposition typically does?
(a) Accommodates numerous racial experiences.
(b) Provides a false sense of power and identity.
(c) Obscures racial differences.
(d) Empowers oppressed minorities.

4. What does Gilroy say blacks search for in spite of the fragmentation of musical genres and traditions?
(a) Core blackness.
(b) African roots.
(c) Tools for assimilating.
(d) More innovative musical forms.

5. How does Gilroy describe slavery's relation to western civilization?
(a) An untold story.
(b) A key part.
(c) A footnote.
(d) A shameful secret.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilroy say people become after witnessing black music?

2. How does Gilroy characterize the relation that binds the master race to the slave race?

3. How does Gilroy say slaves used music?

4. What critique does black consciousness make of modernity?

5. Who first defined the notion of the master-slave dialectic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What symbol does Gilroy use to symbolize the black Atlantic?

2. What group does Gilroy say his book focuses on?

3. What critique does Gilroy make of the concepts that governed race and ethnicity when he wrote The Black Atlantic?

4. What view does Gilroy say we should take of black experiences?

5. What are the two perspectives around which black artistic debate is centered, according to Gilroy?

6. How does Gilroy define the hermeneutics of the black Atlantic?

7. What role should slavery play in the history of Western culture in Gilroy's opinion?

8. How does Gilroy describe the black experience in England?

9. What is the problem with a black identity rooted in skin color for Gilroy?

10. What can music accomplish as Gilroy describes it?

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