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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 characterize postmodernity?
(a) As the deterioration of historical evolution of culture.
(b) As the fulfillment of history.
(c) As a radical break of modernity from previous periods.
(d) As an apocalyptic prophecy for Western culture.

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

3. What does Gilroy say is the fact of racial life?
(a) There are no clear boundaries between people.
(b) Race is a matter of choice and identification.
(c) Races are strictly segregated in de facto fashion.
(d) Governments are heavily invested in maintaining the distinction between races.

4. How does Gilroy characterize the relation that binds the master race to the slave race?
(a) Absolute power.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Subservience.
(d) Dependence.

5. What does the concept of the Black Atlantic do to old notions of race, according to Gilroy?
(a) Explodes them.
(b) Revises them.
(c) Challenges them.
(d) Confirms them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Martin Robison Delany vocally critical of, as Gilroy tells it?

2. How does Gilroy characterize identity?

3. How does Gilroy characterize the notion of racial purity?

4. What reason does Gilroy use for justifying this characterization of the notion of racial purity?

5. When was Martin Robison Delany born?

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