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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Without the Consolation of Tears, Richard Wright, France and the Ambivalence of Community.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gilroy say Richard Wright's profundity came from?
(a) His personal experience.
(b) His region.
(c) His family.
(d) His access to African-American vernacular.

2. How does Gilroy say that Richard Wright saw capitalism?
(a) As a great liberator.
(b) As a form of liberation theology.
(c) As a messianic religion.
(d) As a destructive war.

3. What does Gilroy say led to Jimi Hendrix's triumph in the U.S.?
(a) His success in Europe.
(b) His experiences in Africa.
(c) His cosmopolitan culture.
(d) His exposure to voodoo.

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

5. How did Richard Wright want to present blacks in his books?
(a) As victims of white power.
(b) As something other than victims.
(c) As agents in the oppression of others.
(d) As collaborators in their own oppression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gilroy assert in opposition to these master-race intellectuals?

2. What horrified Richard Wright in Gilroy's account?

3. What did blacks symbolize for Richard Wright?

4. How does Gilroy characterize the relation that binds the master race to the slave race?

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

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