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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. Who does Gilroy say DuBois was analyzing in The Souls of Black Folk?
(a) African blacks.
(b) Post-slavery peoples.
(c) The black Atlantic.
(d) American blacks.

2. Who was Martin Robison Delany?
(a) A cultural critic who wrote about race.
(b) An abolitionist.
(c) A historian.
(d) The father of black nationalism.

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

4. What did black music help to form in Britain as Gilroy describes it?
(a) A collective identity.
(b) Political power.
(c) Resistance to industrialism.
(d) Class consciousness.

5. How does Gilroy describe Afro-Atlantic culture's place in Western culture?
(a) Unsteady.
(b) Secure.
(c) Tenuous.
(d) Temporary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilroy say modern racial concepts do too much of?

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

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

4. Whose narrative does Gilroy say rests upon the narrative of the black Atlantic?

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

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