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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. What feeling does Gilroy say forms the foundation of the black Atlantic?
(a) Terror.
(b) Homelessness.
(c) Rebelliousness.
(d) Longing.

2. What is the counterpart to the hermeneutics of memory according to Gilroy?
(a) A hermeneutics of suspicion.
(b) A hermeneutics of liberty.
(c) A hermeneutics of self-reliance.
(d) A hermeneutics of salvation.

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

4. How does Gilroy characterize the relation that binds the master race to the slave race?
(a) Subservience.
(b) Absolute power.
(c) Dependence.
(d) Freedom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did blacks symbolize for Richard Wright?

2. How does Gilroy characterize the pluralistic camp in black artistic circles?

3. How does Gilroy characterize the notion of racial purity?

4. What does Gilroy say was a formative influence on black culture in Richard Wright's works?

5. How does Gilroy say that Richard Wright saw capitalism?

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