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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first defined the notion of the master-slave dialectic?

2. What does Gilroy say black diaspora styles of music typically emphasize?

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

4. How does Gilroy say racial roots should be understood?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the language of sexuality distract people from their racial identity in Gilroy's account?

3. What is double consciousness?

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

5. Why is Martin Robison Delany important to Gilroy?

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

7. What is the master-slave dialectic?

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

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

10. What does Gilroy say most theorists of modernity focus on?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What cultural forms embody black culture? Popular culture or literature? Is it embodied by black political action, or by the daily lives of ordinary black workers? Is it embodied in a history? How does Gilroy address this question? What conclusion does he come to?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate your own reading of The Black Atlantic--did you resist it or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 3

Who are Gilroy's opponents, and what are their views? How is Gilroy's book a form of resistance to their ideas? What are the stakes these intellectuals are contesting, and how do they hope to win them?

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