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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 postmodernism claims for itself?
(a) Peace.
(b) Unprecedented power.
(c) Uniqueness.
(d) Egalitarianism.

2. What distinction does Gilroy say Richard Wright was the first black writer to achieve?
(a) The Pullitzer Price for fiction.
(b) Bestseller status in Europe.
(c) Recognition by the international literary establishment.
(d) Bestseller status in the U.S.

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

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

5. What primary experience shaped violence in the black community according to Gilroy?
(a) Capitalist exploitation.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Modern marriage.
(d) Factory production.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What idea permeates slave consciousness, according to Gilroy?

4. What idea does Gilroy say black consciousness forces us to revise?

5. How does Gilroy say slaves used music?

(see the answer key)

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