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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Masters, Mistresses, Slaves and the Antinomies of Modernity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has been superseded by economic, social and cultural forces, according to Gilroy?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Race.
(c) The nation-state.
(d) Socialism.

2. What does Gilroy say about the realities of black experiences on both sides of the Atlantic?
(a) They do not fit into neat categories.
(b) They are not well theorized.
(c) They are unified around the experience of slavery.
(d) They are centered on the experience of the exploitations of capitalism.

3. What image does Gilroy use as an emblem of the experience his book will describe?
(a) The slave ship.
(b) The livery coat.
(c) The slave plantation.
(d) The hangman's noose.

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

5. What reason does Gilroy use for justifying this characterization of the notion of racial purity?
(a) It gives individuals too much freedom.
(b) It lumps dissimilar people together.
(c) It obscures realities.
(d) It fuels a false sense of cultural identity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gilroy characterize postmodernity?

2. When was Martin Robison Delany born?

3. How does Gilroy characterize identity?

4. What criticism does Gilroy make of modern racial and ethnic concepts?

5. What contradiction did Martin Robison Delany NOT embody in his beliefs, according to Gilroy?

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