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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. How does Gilroy characterize the consciousness of the slave?
(a) An act of hostility.
(b) An act of mourning.
(c) A process of liberation.
(d) An internalized history.

2. Whose narrative does Gilroy say rests upon the narrative of the black Atlantic?
(a) The white European's.
(b) The factory owners'.
(c) The modern workers'.
(d) The liberated woman's.

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

4. What image does Gilroy use as an emblem of the experience his book will describe?
(a) The hangman's noose.
(b) The slave plantation.
(c) The slave ship.
(d) The livery coat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does Gilroy say black consciousness forces us to revise?

2. What does Gilroy say modern thinkers focus on in describing modernity?

3. What has been superseded by economic, social and cultural forces, according to Gilroy?

4. When was Martin Robison Delany born?

5. How does Gilroy describe slavery's relation to western civilization?

(see the answer key)

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