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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Cheer the Weary Traveller, W.E.B. Du Bois, Germany and the Politics of (Dis)placement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gilroy suggest we think about the history of slavery?
(a) As central to Western culture.
(b) As an exception to Western civilization.
(c) As the defining institution in Western civilization.
(d) As the moral blight on modernity.

2. The second mode of double consciousness portrays blacks as what?
(a) Homeless.
(b) A home unto himself.
(c) Wandering for a time.
(d) A prophecy of a homeland.

3. How does Gilroy characterize identity?
(a) As the context that demands explanations and a sense of self.
(b) As a mask that is assumed for its benefits.
(c) As an accomplishment that changes over time.
(d) As an essence that can be revealed by returning to roots.

4. Cornel West used DuBois' work as a solution to a crisis in what?
(a) Confidence in modernism.
(b) American literature.
(c) American pragmatism.
(d) International Marxism.

5. How does Gilroy characterize the exceptionalist camp in black artistic circles?
(a) Demotic.
(b) Quotidian.
(c) Proletariat.
(d) Elite.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling did DuBois see in the culture of diaspora blacks?

2. What does the notion of the Black Atlantic produce according to Gilroy?

3. What does Gilroy say about music's status in culture?

4. How does Gilroy say slaves used music?

5. Whose consciousness is Black Atlantic focused on?

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