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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. Whose challenges does Gilroy take up in the first section of the chapter?
(a) Ethnographers'.
(b) Black peoples'.
(c) Writers'.
(d) Cultural studies'.

2. What did the struggle for black autonomy involve, for DuBois?
(a) Returning to black roots.
(b) Social construction.
(c) Blacks helping blacks.
(d) Entrepreneurship.

3. What does Gilroy say about the Enlightenment notion of universality?
(a) It was been perfected in the late twentieth century.
(b) It is now confused.
(c) It is no longer applicable in a transnational global culture.
(d) It is still the most accurate model of modern culture.

4. Where did Richard Wright develop his ideas about race?
(a) In his world travels.
(b) London.
(c) In the American south.
(d) Chicago.

5. What does Gilroy say the language of ethnic opposition typically does?
(a) Obscures racial differences.
(b) Provides a false sense of power and identity.
(c) Accommodates numerous racial experiences.
(d) Empowers oppressed minorities.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the Fisk University Jubilee Singers performing?

2. What does Gilroy say was a formative influence on black culture in Richard Wright's works?

3. What does Gilroy say about the realities of black experiences on both sides of the Atlantic?

4. What did Richard Wright want to deprive white people of?

5. Who were the Fisk University Jubilee Singers' predecessors?

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