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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who said that slavery is at the natal core of modernity?
(a) W. E. B. DuBois.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Gilroy.

3. How does Gilroy characterize identity?
(a) As an essence that can be revealed by returning to roots.
(b) As an accomplishment that changes over time.
(c) As a mask that is assumed for its benefits.
(d) As the context that demands explanations and a sense of self.

4. When were the Fisk University Jubilee Singers performing?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1870s.

5. Under what light does this claim cease to hold up, in Gilroy's opinion?
(a) In light of radical Islam's hostility.
(b) In light of the discontent of industrial workers.
(c) In light of the West's relations with poorer nations.
(d) In light of the West's nationalist movements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Martin Robison Delany vocally critical of, as Gilroy tells it?

2. What does Gilroy say blacks search for in spite of the fragmentation of musical genres and traditions?

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

4. What is the common memory for British blacks in Gilroy's opinion?

5. Where does Gilroy say modern black politics is located in relation to Western civilization?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is double consciousness?

2. What value does Gilroy say the language of ethnic opposition has for those who use it?

3. How does the uniqueness of the black Atlantic experience affect views of race according to Gilroy?

4. Why is it odd, in Gilroy's opinion, that debates over modernity have ignored music?

5. What does Gilroy say British audiences expected from Jimi Hendrix?

6. What is nationalism's role in the conceptualization of race, according to Gilroy?

7. How does Gilroy describe the black experience in England?

8. What view does Gilroy say we should take of black experiences?

9. Why is Martin Robison Delany important to Gilroy?

10. How does Gilroy define the hermeneutics of the black Atlantic?

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