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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. 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.

2. What does Gilroy say about the realities of black experiences on both sides of the Atlantic?
(a) They are centered on the experience of the exploitations of capitalism.
(b) They do not fit into neat categories.
(c) They are unified around the experience of slavery.
(d) They are not well theorized.

3. What does Gilroy say modern historical conditions require of race concepts?
(a) Essentialism.
(b) Practical applications.
(c) Return to origins.
(d) Developmental progression.

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

5. What kind of conception of blackness does Gilroy say he prefers?
(a) Pluralistic.
(b) Essential.
(c) Accommodationist.
(d) Modern.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Gilroy characterize identity?

3. What function does the first chapter serve?

4. What does Gilroy say is the fact of racial life?

5. Whose consciousness is Black Atlantic focused on?

(see the answer key)

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