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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 say DuBois arrived at his identity?
(a) By choice.
(b) Straight from his roots.
(c) By many routes.
(d) Accidentally.

2. What are blacks asked to remember instead of slavery?
(a) Black civilization.
(b) Their salvation from tribal existence.
(c) The benefits of Western progress.
(d) Their ongoing cultural pride.

3. How does Gilroy describe slavery?
(a) Equivocal.
(b) Brutal.
(c) Complex.
(d) Multi-faceted.

4. What does Gilroy say Richard Wright was ambivalent to?
(a) Harmonious coexistence with dominant culture.
(b) Assimilation.
(c) Reconciliation with white culture.
(d) A closed racial community.

5. What did DuBois believe in that Richard Wright did not believe in according to Gilroy?
(a) Returning to black roots.
(b) Social perfection.
(c) Pan-Africanism.
(d) Essential blackness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilroy say modernism relies on?

2. What did the struggle for black autonomy involve, for DuBois?

3. What does Gilroy say is the only way to deal with the history of slavery?

4. What ideology was Richard Wright ambivalent to according to Gilroy?

5. What does Gilroy say blacks used to unify themselves?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gilroy say DuBois described black music?

2. What does Gilroy have to say about violence in American culture?

3. What does Gilroy say politics did for black culture?

4. Why was Wright criticized for his characterizations, according to Gilroy?

5. What was James Weldon Johnson's contribution to Gilroy's book?

6. Why, in Gilroy's opinion, is tradition useful in modern black culture?

7. Describe the role of the concept of tradition in the black Atlantic.

8. How does Gilroy say the discussion he has had in 'Black Atlantic' is likely to help in the twenty-first century, when Western culture faces challenges over resources and sustainability?

9. What is the importance of the theme of love and loss in black popular arts, according to Gilroy?

10. What was Richard Wright's feeling about white culture?

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