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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Cheer the Weary Traveller, W.E.B. Du Bois, Germany and the Politics of (Dis)placement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gilroy say about the realities of black experiences on both sides of the Atlantic?
(a) They are centered on the experience of the exploitations of capitalism.
(b) They are not well theorized.
(c) They are unified around the experience of slavery.
(d) They do not fit into neat categories.

2. Which adjective does DuBois NOT use for the black experience?
(a) Communal.
(b) Cosmopolitan.
(c) Alienated.
(d) Individualized.

3. What does Gilroy say postmodernism claims for itself?
(a) Unprecedented power.
(b) Peace.
(c) Egalitarianism.
(d) Uniqueness.

4. What does the concept of the diaspora help with in Gilroy's opinion?
(a) Unifying black cultures.
(b) Providing historical context for black music.
(c) Differentiating between black cultures.
(d) Returning black music to its sources.

5. Who said that slavery is at the natal core of modernity?
(a) W. E. B. DuBois.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Gilroy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose challenges does Gilroy take up in the first section of the chapter?

2. What does Gilroy say is the only way to deal with the history of slavery?

3. What does Gilroy assert in opposition to these master-race intellectuals?

4. What does Gilroy say DuBois often reminded blacks?

5. What does Gilroy say the language of ethnic opposition typically does?

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