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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 does Gilroy say led to Jimi Hendrix's triumph in the U.S.?
(a) His cosmopolitan culture.
(b) His success in Europe.
(c) His experiences in Africa.
(d) His exposure to voodoo.

2. How does Gilroy characterize modern subjectivity?
(a) Ancient.
(b) Neurotic.
(c) Decentralized.
(d) Unique.

3. Where did Richard Wright develop his ideas about race?
(a) Chicago.
(b) In the American south.
(c) In his world travels.
(d) London.

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

5. What does Gilroy say about the Enlightenment notion of universality?
(a) It is no longer applicable in a transnational global culture.
(b) It is still the most accurate model of modern culture.
(c) It is now confused.
(d) It was been perfected in the late twentieth century.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of history did Frederick Douglass propose according to Gilroy?

3. What does music do to the genteel image many moderns have of themselves according to Gilroy?

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

5. Why has the analysis of Wright's work been impoverished according to Gilroy?

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