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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. How does Gilroy say the Black Atlantic should be understood?
(a) As a period in race relations.
(b) As a unit of cultural analysis.
(c) As a form of economic exchange.
(d) As a collision of cultures.

2. What has race been left out of, in Gilroy's opinion?
(a) The idea of capitalism.
(b) The idea of modernity.
(c) Utopian visions.
(d) Modern visions of socialism.

3. What was Martin Robison Delany searching for?
(a) Equal voting rights for black women.
(b) African customs in slave cultures.
(c) Black roots.
(d) Modern scientific terms for race.

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

5. How does Gilroy characterize the notion of racial purity?
(a) Essential.
(b) Clearly absurd.
(c) Inescapable.
(d) Tragic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose narrative does Gilroy say rests upon the narrative of the black Atlantic?

2. What has been superseded by economic, social and cultural forces, according to Gilroy?

3. When was Martin Robison Delany born?

4. What relation does Gilroy describe as fundamental to the black experience?

5. What literary form does Gilroy say gave blacks access to self-creation?

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