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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Cheer the Weary Traveller, W.E.B. Du Bois, Germany and the Politics of (Dis)placement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said that slavery is at the natal core of modernity?
(a) W. E. B. DuBois.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Gilroy.

2. What does this image symbolize for Gilroy?
(a) A macrocosmic view of race relations.
(b) A micro-cultural, micro-political system.
(c) A theme to improvise on as he continues.
(d) A formula for evaluating race relations in history.

3. What does Gilroy say modern thinkers focus on in describing modernity?
(a) Racial suffering.
(b) Technological changes.
(c) Economic prosperity.
(d) Medical developments.

4. What kind of relation did Martin Robison Delany foresee between English capital, black American intellect and African labor?
(a) A global arts and entertainment empire.
(b) A dynamic alliance.
(c) A decentralized marketplace of powers and ideas.
(d) A hegemonic empire.

5. What idea does Gilroy say black consciousness forces us to revise?
(a) The idea of the cultural center and the periphery.
(b) The idea of inalienable rights.
(c) The idea that capitalism brings progress wherever it goes.
(d) The idea of equality between workers, men and women, and the races.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of conception of blackness does Gilroy say he prefers?

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

3. How does Gilroy characterize identity?

4. What limitations are ideas of race experiencing in Gilroy's opinion?

5. What idea permeates slave consciousness, according to Gilroy?

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