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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 is the common memory for British blacks in Gilroy's opinion?
(a) Immigration.
(b) Africa.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Poverty.

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

3. How does Gilroy characterize postmodernity?
(a) As the deterioration of historical evolution of culture.
(b) As the fulfillment of history.
(c) As an apocalyptic prophecy for Western culture.
(d) As a radical break of modernity from previous periods.

4. What contradiction did Martin Robison Delany NOT embody in his beliefs, according to Gilroy?
(a) Pro- and anti-Africa feelings.
(b) Nationalist and internationalist beliefs.
(c) Abolitionist and pro-slavery convictions.
(d) Radical and conservative nationalism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did music create in Gilroy's opinion?

2. What critique does black consciousness make of modernity?

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

4. Who first defined the notion of the master-slave dialectic?

5. What reason does Gilroy use for justifying this characterization of the notion of racial purity?

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