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(d) They are already outdated.

2. When was Martin Robison Delany born?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1916.

3. What does the notion of the Black Atlantic produce according to Gilroy?
(a) New definitions of the races.
(b) A simplification of racial concepts.
(c) Transnational perspective.
(d) A historical context for ideas of race.

4. What does this image symbolize for Gilroy?
(a) A macrocosmic view of race relations.
(b) A theme to improvise on as he continues.
(c) A micro-cultural, micro-political system.
(d) A formula for evaluating race relations in history.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Martin Robison Delany?

2. What does Gilroy say modern racial concepts do too much of?

3. Whose consciousness is Black Atlantic focused on?

4. What kind of conception of blackness does Gilroy say he prefers?

5. What contradiction did Martin Robison Delany NOT embody in his beliefs, according to Gilroy?

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