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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 describe slavery's relation to western civilization?
(a) An untold story.
(b) A shameful secret.
(c) A key part.
(d) A footnote.

2. What is the effect of collaboration according to Gilroy?
(a) Blurring the lines between selves.
(b) Appropriating different cultures.
(c) Forestalling cultural conflict.
(d) Resolving cultural conflict.

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

4. What did music create in Gilroy's opinion?
(a) A priestly caste of lay intellectuals.
(b) A tradition of minstrelsy.
(c) Contention between factions of black intellectuals.
(d) New forms of art in white culture.

5. What cultural work does Gilroy say music has performed?
(a) Assuaging political unrest.
(b) Keeping the terror of slavery alive.
(c) Articulating political unrest.
(d) Numbing people to modern atrocities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gilroy say black intellectuals have gone to get in touch with elements of modern subjectivity?

2. How does Gilroy say racial roots should be understood?

3. How does Gilroy characterize the modern self?

4. What was Martin Robison Delany searching for?

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

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