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

2. Where does Gilroy say modern black politics is located in relation to Western civilization?
(a) At the periphery.
(b) Underneath.
(c) Everywhere throughout.
(d) Both inside and outside.

3. What function does the first chapter serve?
(a) Anecdotal introduction.
(b) Humorous analogy.
(c) Conceptual background.
(d) Historical perspective.

4. What does Gilroy say people become after witnessing black music?
(a) Relativists.
(b) Essentialists.
(c) Apologists.
(d) Anti-essentialists.

5. How does Gilroy say racial roots should be understood?
(a) As a source of power.
(b) As ancient essences.
(c) As a hidden history.
(d) As a process of movement and mediation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of political community does Gilroy say results from black musical society?

2. What does music do to the genteel image many moderns have of themselves according to Gilroy?

3. Who said that slavery is at the natal core of modernity?

4. Why does Gilroy say that it is odd that music held this role?

5. What literary form does Gilroy say gave blacks access to self-creation?

(see the answer key)

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