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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. What phrase did Richard Wright use for the Negro?
(a) The heart of modernity.
(b) America's metaphor.
(c) The race that dare not speak its name.
(d) The burden of guilt.

2. What is the common memory for British blacks in Gilroy's opinion?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Immigration.
(d) Africa.

3. What conflict was taking up too much space in the discussion of race in American literature according to Richard Wright?
(a) The conflict between men and women.
(b) The conflict between owners and workers.
(c) The conflict between man and technology.
(d) The conflict between young and old.

4. What does Gilroy say postmodernism claims for itself?
(a) Peace.
(b) Uniqueness.
(c) Egalitarianism.
(d) Unprecedented power.

5. What heresy did Richard Wright commit, in Gilroy's account?
(a) Saying that blacks really were inferior to whites, in certain cases.
(b) Saying that blacks shared responsibility for their situation.
(c) Saying that history would repeat itself with slavery.
(d) Saying that black liberation was impossible, because the self is an endless war against itself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movement is Richard Wright associated with?

2. When did the majority of the British black population emigrate according to Gilroy?

3. What does Gilroy say black diaspora styles of music typically emphasize?

4. What does the black person's perpetual searching indicate to Gilroy?

5. How does Gilroy characterize postmodernity?

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