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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. The first mode of double consciousness is particular to whom?
(a) Blacks generally.
(b) Free blacks.
(c) Slavers.
(d) Slaves.

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

3. What was Martin Robison Delany searching for?
(a) Equal voting rights for black women.
(b) Black roots.
(c) Modern scientific terms for race.
(d) African customs in slave cultures.

4. What does Gilroy say slavery was sanctified by?
(a) God and reason.
(b) Force.
(c) Cultural superiority.
(d) History.

5. What does Gilroy say about the Enlightenment notion of universality?
(a) It was been perfected in the late twentieth century.
(b) It is now confused.
(c) It is no longer applicable in a transnational global culture.
(d) It is still the most accurate model of modern culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is this idea insufficient to modern reality, according to Gilroy?

2. What kinds of frameworks was DuBois trying to look beyond?

3. How does Gilroy characterize the modern self?

4. What feeling does Gilroy say forms the foundation of the black Atlantic?

5. Why does Gilroy say that it is odd that music held this role?

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