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(a) It is no longer applicable in a transnational global culture.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

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

3. What language does Gilroy say sometimes dominates the language of racial emancipation in black music?
(a) Industry.
(b) Sexuality.
(c) Power.
(d) Technology.

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

5. How does Gilroy characterize the modern self?
(a) Contingent.
(b) Temporary.
(c) Holistic.
(d) Fractured.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilroy say postmodernism claims for itself?

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

3. Where did Richard Wright develop his ideas about race?

4. Where does Gilroy say Richard Wright's profundity came from?

5. What does Gilroy say is wrong with contemporary criticism of African-American literature?

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