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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 has race been left out of, in Gilroy's opinion?
(a) The idea of capitalism.
(b) The idea of modernity.
(c) Modern visions of socialism.
(d) Utopian visions.

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

3. What does Gilroy say gave Richard Wright his authenticity?
(a) His political activities.
(b) His travels to Africa.
(c) His origins in Mississippi.
(d) His birth in Chicago.

4. How did Richard Wright want to present blacks in his books?
(a) As victims of white power.
(b) As something other than victims.
(c) As collaborators in their own oppression.
(d) As agents in the oppression of others.

5. What does Gilroy say was a formative influence on black culture in Richard Wright's works?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Individualism.
(c) Self-reliance.
(d) Common privation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Gilroy characterize the residual feelings from slavery?

3. How does Gilroy defend Richard Wright against charges of sexism?

4. Whose narrative does Gilroy say rests upon the narrative of the black Atlantic?

5. How was Richard Wright received, according to Gilroy?

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