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

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

3. What critique does black consciousness make of modernity?
(a) It is not honest.
(b) It is not holistic.
(c) It is not as liberating as it likes to believe.
(d) It only uses the promise of opportunity as a ploy to make people complicit in their own poverty.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gilroy characterize modern subjectivity?

2. What limitations are ideas of race experiencing in Gilroy's opinion?

3. What idea permeates slave consciousness, according to Gilroy?

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

5. How does Gilroy characterize postmodernity?

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