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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Without the Consolation of Tears, Richard Wright, France and the Ambivalence of Community.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gilroy say Richard Wright was criticized for?
(a) Writing misogynistic male characters.
(b) Writing men and women who are victims of the capitalist system.
(c) Failing to write about specifically American concerns.
(d) Hatred of women.

2. What distinction does Gilroy say Richard Wright was the first black writer to achieve?
(a) Recognition by the international literary establishment.
(b) The Pullitzer Price for fiction.
(c) Bestseller status in the U.S.
(d) Bestseller status in Europe.

3. What concept has captured leftist thinkers in the academy according to Gilroy?
(a) American essentialism.
(b) Ethnic absolutism.
(c) Cultural relativism.
(d) Revisionism.

4. What does Gilroy say is the fact of racial life?
(a) Races are strictly segregated in de facto fashion.
(b) There are no clear boundaries between people.
(c) Governments are heavily invested in maintaining the distinction between races.
(d) Race is a matter of choice and identification.

5. How does Gilroy describe slavery's relation to western civilization?
(a) An untold story.
(b) A footnote.
(c) A shameful secret.
(d) A key part.

Short Answer Questions

1. What primary experience shaped violence in the black community according to Gilroy?

2. Who were the Fisk University Jubilee Singers' predecessors?

3. Under what light does this claim cease to hold up, in Gilroy's opinion?

4. What does the concept of the Black Atlantic do to old notions of race, according to Gilroy?

5. What relation does Gilroy say Western culture has with black politics?

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