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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Masters, Mistresses, Slaves and the Antinomies of Modernity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of conception of blackness does Gilroy say he prefers?
(a) Pluralistic.
(b) Essential.
(c) Modern.
(d) Accommodationist.

2. What kind of history did Frederick Douglass propose according to Gilroy?
(a) A history of blacks in the new world.
(b) A history of pre-contact North America.
(c) A history of race relations.
(d) A history of pre-slavery Africa.

3. What concept has captured leftist thinkers in the academy according to Gilroy?
(a) American essentialism.
(b) Ethnic absolutism.
(c) Revisionism.
(d) Cultural relativism.

4. How does Gilroy characterize identity?
(a) As an essence that can be revealed by returning to roots.
(b) As the context that demands explanations and a sense of self.
(c) As an accomplishment that changes over time.
(d) As a mask that is assumed for its benefits.

5. What does Gilroy say modern thinkers focus on in describing modernity?
(a) Racial suffering.
(b) Medical developments.
(c) Technological changes.
(d) Economic prosperity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose consciousness is Black Atlantic focused on?

2. What image does Gilroy use as an emblem of the experience his book will describe?

3. Where does Gilroy say black intellectuals have gone to get in touch with elements of modern subjectivity?

4. What does Gilroy say is the fact of racial life?

5. How does Gilroy say the Black Atlantic should be understood?

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