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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Jewels Brought from Bondage, Black Music and the Politics of Authenticity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gilroy characterize the residual feelings from slavery?
(a) Mysterious.
(b) Sublime and unfathomable.
(c) Unspeakable but not inexpressible.
(d) A source of modern ritual.

2. How does Gilroy characterize the modern self?
(a) Holistic.
(b) Temporary.
(c) Contingent.
(d) Fractured.

3. Why does Gilroy say that it is odd that music held this role?
(a) Because talented artists have made enormous strides in musical forms.
(b) Because music has hit themes of class and race.
(c) Because public culture has consisted largely of music.
(d) Because music has brought people together more than any other cultural form.

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. How does Gilroy characterize the exceptionalist camp in black artistic circles?
(a) Elite.
(b) Demotic.
(c) Quotidian.
(d) Proletariat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea permeates slave consciousness, according to Gilroy?

2. What does Gilroy say postmodernism claims for itself?

3. What criticism does Gilroy make of modern racial and ethnic concepts?

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

5. Under what light does this claim cease to hold up, in Gilroy's opinion?

(see the answer key)

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