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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Black Atlantic as a Counterculture of Modernity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gilroy say modern racial concepts do too much of?
(a) Redistribute wealth.
(b) Obscure racial realities.
(c) Take power from blacks and immigrants.
(d) Advance poor and ignorant people.

2. What kind of relation did Martin Robison Delany foresee between English capital, black American intellect and African labor?
(a) A dynamic alliance.
(b) A decentralized marketplace of powers and ideas.
(c) A hegemonic empire.
(d) A global arts and entertainment empire.

3. What criticism does Gilroy make of modern racial and ethnic concepts?
(a) They are not coherent.
(b) They are already outdated.
(c) They are too homogenous.
(d) They are contain stereotypes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilroy say the language of ethnic opposition typically does?

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

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

4. What does the notion of the Black Atlantic produce according to Gilroy?

5. What concept has captured leftist thinkers in the academy according to Gilroy?

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