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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. Where does Gilroy say black intellectuals have gone to get in touch with elements of modern subjectivity?
(a) The ghetto.
(b) The suburbs.
(c) The factory.
(d) The mall.

2. 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.

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

4. How does Gilroy characterize the residual feelings from slavery?
(a) Unspeakable but not inexpressible.
(b) A source of modern ritual.
(c) Sublime and unfathomable.
(d) Mysterious.

5. Why has the analysis of Wright's work been impoverished according to Gilroy?
(a) Because he was pigeon-holed as a sexist.
(b) Because he has been misinterpreted.
(c) Because Wright was so ambivalent in his writing.
(d) Because he moved away from the U.S.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which factor did NOT divide black subjectivity according to Gilroy's account of Richard Wright's thought?

2. How does Gilroy suggest we think about the history of slavery?

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

4. What was private violence connected to in Richard Wright's account?

5. What distinction does Gilroy say Richard Wright was the first black writer to achieve?

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