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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 does Gilroy say modern racial concepts do too much of?
(a) Advance poor and ignorant people.
(b) Take power from blacks and immigrants.
(c) Obscure racial realities.
(d) Redistribute wealth.

2. What is the effect of collaboration according to Gilroy?
(a) Resolving cultural conflict.
(b) Forestalling cultural conflict.
(c) Appropriating different cultures.
(d) Blurring the lines between selves.

3. How does Gilroy say the Black Atlantic should be understood?
(a) As a unit of cultural analysis.
(b) As a collision of cultures.
(c) As a form of economic exchange.
(d) As a period in race relations.

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 West's nationalist movements.
(d) In light of the discontent of industrial workers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was W. E. B. DuBois born?

2. When did DuBois experience himself as a Negro for the first time?

3. What does Gilroy say is the core of Afro-Atlantic culture?

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

5. What is the common memory for British blacks in Gilroy's opinion?

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