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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Jewels Brought from Bondage, Black Music and the Politics of Authenticity.

Multiple Choice Questions

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 What has been superseded by economic, social and cultural forces, according to Gilroy?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

2. Who first defined the notion of the master-slave dialectic?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Kant.
(c) Emerson.
(d) Nietzsche.

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

4. What does the black person's perpetual searching indicate to Gilroy?
(a) Slave mentality.
(b) Exile.
(c) Insecurity.
(d) Curiosity.

5. How does Gilroy characterize the notion of racial purity?
(a) Essential.
(b) Clearly absurd.
(c) Tragic.
(d) Inescapable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does Gilroy say black consciousness forces us to revise?

2. What does music do to the genteel image many moderns have of themselves according to Gilroy?

3. What does Gilroy say master-race intellectuals often do to race?

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

5. How does Gilroy say slaves used music?

(see the answer key)

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