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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Without the Consolation of Tears, Richard Wright, France and the Ambivalence of Community.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Gilroy say modern historical conditions require of race concepts?
(a) Practical applications.
(b) Essentialism.
(c) Developmental progression.
(d) Return to origins.

4. What does The Souls of Black Folk say to white people according to Gilroy?
(a) It challenges their sense of color-coded civilization.
(b) It affirms the interrelationship between slavers and slaves.
(c) It establishes the intellectual credentials of the black races.
(d) It proposes that helping the blacks return to Africa is the best path for progress.

5. What did DuBois believe in that Richard Wright did not believe in according to Gilroy?
(a) Essential blackness.
(b) Social perfection.
(c) Pan-Africanism.
(d) Returning to black roots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gilroy say that it is odd that music held this role?

2. How did DuBois' birthplace affect his identity?

3. What did Richard Wright say was the core of modernization?

4. How was Richard Wright received, according to Gilroy?

5. What kind of political community does Gilroy say results from black musical society?

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