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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 the defining institution in Western civilization.
(c) As the moral blight on modernity.
(d) As an exception to Western civilization.

2. What does Gilroy say led to Jimi Hendrix's triumph in the U.S.?
(a) His experiences in Africa.
(b) His success in Europe.
(c) His exposure to voodoo.
(d) His cosmopolitan culture.

3. How does Gilroy characterize the slaves' literacy?
(a) He says that literacy was inconsistent in the slave world.
(b) He says that some slaves could read and write, but only under supervision.
(c) He says that they were denied literacy on pain of death.
(d) He says that slave music relied on primitive literary forms.

4. What criticism does Gilroy make of modern racial and ethnic concepts?
(a) They are already outdated.
(b) They are contain stereotypes.
(c) They are not coherent.
(d) They are too homogenous.

5. How does Gilroy characterize the pluralistic camp in black artistic circles?
(a) Skeptical.
(b) Divisive.
(c) Unifying.
(d) Intellectual.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cornel West used DuBois' work as a solution to a crisis in what?

2. What are the two parts of the double consciousness Gilroy describes?

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

4. How does Gilroy say DuBois arrived at his identity?

5. What has race been left out of, in Gilroy's opinion?

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