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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. Under what light does this claim cease to hold up, in Gilroy's opinion?
(a) In light of the West's relations with poorer nations.
(b) In light of the West's nationalist movements.
(c) In light of the discontent of industrial workers.
(d) In light of radical Islam's hostility.

2. What does Gilroy assert in opposition to these master-race intellectuals?
(a) That race has its own uniqueness.
(b) That race is ultimately optional.
(c) That history cannot be stripped of slavery.
(d) That race only applies for people who are marked by visible racial characteristics.

3. What is the counterpart to the hermeneutics of memory according to Gilroy?
(a) A hermeneutics of salvation.
(b) A hermeneutics of liberty.
(c) A hermeneutics of suspicion.
(d) A hermeneutics of self-reliance.

4. What kind of political community does Gilroy say results from black musical society?
(a) Communist.
(b) Traditional.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Socialist.

5. Who said that slavery is at the natal core of modernity?
(a) W. E. B. DuBois.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Gilroy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What critique does black consciousness make of modernity?

2. How does Gilroy characterize postmodernity?

3. What kind of social relations does music create according to Gilroy?

4. What do black artists sometimes focus on, to their detriment, according to Gilroy?

5. What did black music help to form in Britain as Gilroy describes it?

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