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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. When was Martin Robison Delany born?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1812.

2. When were the Fisk University Jubilee Singers performing?
(a) 1890s.
(b) 1920s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1870s.

3. What image did English fans have of what a black performer should be like?
(a) Wild, sexual, unrestrained.
(b) Cool, aloof, suave.
(c) Intellectual, hip, wise.
(d) Savage, illiterate, brutal.

4. What reason does Gilroy use for justifying this characterization of the notion of racial purity?
(a) It fuels a false sense of cultural identity.
(b) It lumps dissimilar people together.
(c) It obscures realities.
(d) It gives individuals too much freedom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of relation did Martin Robison Delany foresee between English capital, black American intellect and African labor?

2. How does Gilroy say slaves used music?

3. What does Gilroy say about the Enlightenment notion of universality?

4. What relation does Gilroy describe as fundamental to the black experience?

5. When did the majority of the British black population emigrate according to Gilroy?

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