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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 kind of relation did Martin Robison Delany foresee between English capital, black American intellect and African labor?
(a) A dynamic alliance.
(b) A global arts and entertainment empire.
(c) A decentralized marketplace of powers and ideas.
(d) A hegemonic empire.

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(d) They are already outdated.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gilroy characterize modern subjectivity?

2. When was Martin Robison Delany born?

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

4. How does Gilroy say the Black Atlantic should be understood?

5. What was Martin Robison Delany searching for?

(see the answer key)

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