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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 relations with poorer nations.
(b) In light of the discontent of industrial workers.
(c) In light of the West's nationalist movements.
(d) In light of radical Islam's hostility.

2. How does Gilroy characterize postmodernity?
(a) As the fulfillment of history.
(b) As a radical break of modernity from previous periods.
(c) As an apocalyptic prophecy for Western culture.
(d) As the deterioration of historical evolution of culture.

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

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

5. What kind of relation did Martin Robison Delany foresee between English capital, black American intellect and African labor?
(a) A hegemonic empire.
(b) A decentralized marketplace of powers and ideas.
(c) A dynamic alliance.
(d) A global arts and entertainment empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of conception of blackness does Gilroy say he prefers?

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

3. How does Gilroy say we should look at the history of race in the West?

4. How does Gilroy describe slavery's relation to western civilization?

5. What does Gilroy say modern thinkers focus on in describing modernity?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What group does Gilroy say his book focuses on?

3. What is double consciousness?

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

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

6. What is the problem with a black identity rooted in skin color for Gilroy?

7. What role should slavery play in the history of Western culture in Gilroy's opinion?

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

9. What has music done for black culture in Gilroy's account?

10. What is the master-slave dialectic?

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