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

2. How does Gilroy characterize defenders of modernity's attitude toward the African diaspora?
(a) Primarily interested.
(b) Excessively interested.
(c) Casually interested.
(d) Uninterested.

3. How does Gilroy characterize the notion of racial purity?
(a) Clearly absurd.
(b) Tragic.
(c) Inescapable.
(d) Essential.

4. Who were the Fisk University Jubilee Singers' predecessors?
(a) African drummers.
(b) Southern blues singers.
(c) Appalachian spiritualists.
(d) Abolition singers.

5. How does Gilroy characterize the consciousness of the slave?
(a) An internalized history.
(b) An act of hostility.
(c) An act of mourning.
(d) A process of liberation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Martin Robison Delany searching for?

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

3. What image does Gilroy use as an emblem of the experience his book will describe?

4. How does Gilroy characterize identity?

5. What concept has captured leftist thinkers in the academy according to Gilroy?

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