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

2. What language does Gilroy say sometimes dominates the language of racial emancipation in black music?
(a) Technology.
(b) Sexuality.
(c) Power.
(d) Industry.

3. What kind of history did Frederick Douglass propose according to Gilroy?
(a) A history of race relations.
(b) A history of pre-slavery Africa.
(c) A history of blacks in the new world.
(d) A history of pre-contact North America.

4. Why is this idea insufficient to modern reality, according to Gilroy?
(a) The vocabulary for oppressed people has been suppressed.
(b) The history has been challenged for so long that no one knows what it is any longer.
(c) The language of liberation has hidden contradictions.
(d) The central definitions were all determined by the master race.

5. What criticism does Gilroy make of modern racial and ethnic concepts?
(a) They are not coherent.
(b) They are too homogenous.
(c) They are contain stereotypes.
(d) They are already outdated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose consciousness is Black Atlantic focused on?

2. How does Gilroy characterize modern subjectivity?

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

4. What does the black person's perpetual searching indicate to Gilroy?

5. What is the common memory for British blacks in Gilroy's opinion?

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