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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Masters, Mistresses, Slaves and the Antinomies of Modernity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concept has captured leftist thinkers in the academy according to Gilroy?
(a) Ethnic absolutism.
(b) Cultural relativism.
(c) American essentialism.
(d) Revisionism.

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

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

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(b) It is no longer applicable in a transnational global culture.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

5. What does the concept of the Black Atlantic do to old notions of race, according to Gilroy?
(a) Explodes them.
(b) Revises them.
(c) Challenges them.
(d) Confirms them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gilroy say modern historical conditions require of race concepts?

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

4. How does Gilroy suggest we think about the history of slavery?

5. What limitations are ideas of race experiencing in Gilroy's opinion?

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