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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 was Martin Robison Delany vocally critical of, as Gilroy tells it?
(a) The Fugitive Slave Law.
(b) The methods of narrating black history.
(c) The abolition movement.
(d) The Liberian movement in American abolitionism.

2. What does this image symbolize for Gilroy?
(a) A theme to improvise on as he continues.
(b) A macrocosmic view of race relations.
(c) A formula for evaluating race relations in history.
(d) A micro-cultural, micro-political system.

3. What reason does Gilroy use for justifying this characterization of the notion of racial purity?
(a) It fuels a false sense of cultural identity.
(b) It obscures realities.
(c) It lumps dissimilar people together.
(d) It gives individuals too much freedom.

4. Where does Gilroy say modern black politics is located in relation to Western civilization?
(a) At the periphery.
(b) Both inside and outside.
(c) Everywhere throughout.
(d) Underneath.

5. What function does the first chapter serve?
(a) Anecdotal introduction.
(b) Humorous analogy.
(c) Conceptual background.
(d) Historical perspective.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gilroy say postmodernism claims for itself?

3. When was Martin Robison Delany born?

4. What does Gilroy say about the realities of black experiences on both sides of the Atlantic?

5. How does Gilroy characterize the modern self?

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