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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Not a Story to Pass On, Living Memory and the Slave Sublime.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What theory culminated in the Holocaust?
(a) Eugenics.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Egalitarianism.
(d) Messianic theology.

2. What limitations are ideas of race experiencing in Gilroy's opinion?
(a) They are too essentialist.
(b) They are too cosmopolitan.
(c) They are too rural.
(d) They are too nationalistic.

3. What has race been left out of, in Gilroy's opinion?
(a) Modern visions of socialism.
(b) The idea of modernity.
(c) The idea of capitalism.
(d) Utopian visions.

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

5. What does this image symbolize for Gilroy?
(a) A formula for evaluating race relations in history.
(b) A macrocosmic view of race relations.
(c) A theme to improvise on as he continues.
(d) A micro-cultural, micro-political system.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gilroy characterize the residual feelings from slavery?

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

3. How does Gilroy characterize the pluralistic camp in black artistic circles?

4. What does Gilroy associate racial traditions with?

5. What were Richard Wright's politics?

(see the answer key)

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