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

2. Who was Martin Robison Delany?
(a) An abolitionist.
(b) The father of black nationalism.
(c) A cultural critic who wrote about race.
(d) A historian.

3. How does Gilroy characterize the consciousness of the slave?
(a) An act of mourning.
(b) An act of hostility.
(c) An internalized history.
(d) A process of liberation.

4. Who first defined the notion of the master-slave dialectic?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Emerson.
(d) Kant.

5. What criticism does Gilroy make of modern racial and ethnic concepts?
(a) They are too homogenous.
(b) They are already outdated.
(c) They are not coherent.
(d) They are contain stereotypes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Martin Robison Delany searching for?

3. How does Gilroy characterize the relation that binds the master race to the slave race?

4. What has race been left out of, in Gilroy's opinion?

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 What has been superseded by economic, social and cultural forces, according to Gilroy?

(see the answer key)

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