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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. Under what light does this claim cease to hold up, in Gilroy's opinion?
(a) In light of the West's nationalist movements.
(b) In light of radical Islam's hostility.
(c) In light of the West's relations with poorer nations.
(d) In light of the discontent of industrial workers.

2. What did Richard Wright want to deprive white people of?
(a) The consolation of tears.
(b) The consolation of philosophy.
(c) The power of voyeurism.
(d) The language of black culture.

3. What is the last period of black history, according to DuBois, in The Souls of Black Folk?
(a) Black self-reliance.
(b) Returning to Africa.
(c) Black music.
(d) Political autonomy.

4. What does music represent, according to Gilroy?
(a) The ongoing struggle against modernity.
(b) Pre-discursive elements in black experience.
(c) The essence of black culture.
(d) The conflict between literacy and experience.

5. The first mode of double consciousness is particular to whom?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Blacks generally.
(c) Slavers.
(d) Free blacks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did DuBois believe in that Richard Wright did not believe in according to Gilroy?

3. What conflict was taking up too much space in the discussion of race in American literature according to Richard Wright?

4. How does Gilroy say racial roots should be understood?

5. What relation does Gilroy say Western culture has with black politics?

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