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

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

3. What does Gilroy say blacks search for in spite of the fragmentation of musical genres and traditions?
(a) More innovative musical forms.
(b) Tools for assimilating.
(c) Core blackness.
(d) African roots.

4. How does Gilroy characterize the residual feelings from slavery?
(a) Unspeakable but not inexpressible.
(b) Mysterious.
(c) A source of modern ritual.
(d) Sublime and unfathomable.

5. What does Gilroy say black diaspora styles of music typically emphasize?
(a) Precision.
(b) Performance.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gilroy characterize modern subjectivity?

2. What does Gilroy say is the fact of racial life?

3. What function does the first chapter serve?

4. What critique does black consciousness make of modernity?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the master-slave dialectic?

3. What is double consciousness?

4. How does Gilroy define the consciousness of the slave?

5. What criticism does Gilroy make of Enlightenment universalist claims?

6. What can music accomplish as Gilroy describes it?

7. What symbol does Gilroy use to symbolize the black Atlantic?

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

9. What critique does Gilroy make of the concepts that governed race and ethnicity when he wrote The Black Atlantic?

10. What role did music play in slaves' lives according to Gilroy?

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