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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. How was Richard Wright received, according to Gilroy?
(a) As a scion of a new race.
(b) As an exception to his race.
(c) As a representative of his race.
(d) As an artist.

2. Who was Martin Robison Delany?
(a) A historian.
(b) The father of black nationalism.
(c) A cultural critic who wrote about race.
(d) An abolitionist.

3. What does Gilroy say people become after witnessing black music?
(a) Apologists.
(b) Essentialists.
(c) Anti-essentialists.
(d) Relativists.

4. How does Gilroy say we should look at the history of race in the West?
(a) As an opposition of black and white essences.
(b) As a long cooperative experiment.
(c) As the collision of two defined cultures.
(d) As a conjunction of races.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the counterpart to the hermeneutics of memory according to Gilroy?

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

3. How does Gilroy characterize modern subjectivity?

4. What movement is Richard Wright associated with?

5. What primary experience shaped violence in the black community according to Gilroy?

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