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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 (Chapters 13-17).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Reed characterize the outbreak of Jes Grew?
(a) Predictable.
(b) Consistent.
(c) Sporadic.
(d) Incremental.

2. What does Ishmael Reed compare Hinkle Von Vampton to?
(a) A horseman of the apocalypse.
(b) A Blake poem.
(c) A Hieronymus Bosch painting.
(d) A poem by James Weldon Johnson.

3. What is the danger if the Jes Grew becomes pandemic?
(a) The end of the Mayor’s career.
(b) The end of civilization.
(c) The end of black people.
(d) The destruction of the city.

4. What does Earline say PaPaLaBas mixes concrete events with?
(a) Religion.
(b) Warfare.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Politics.

5. Why does Reed say the Atonists relish Death?
(a) Because then they can sleep without dancing.
(b) Because then they will not be expected to work any more.
(c) Because they find bodies so itchy and fascinating.
(d) Because then they can forget their ingratitude about the world

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hinkle Von Vampton about to do to his boss before a crowd breaks in?

2. What does the Robber Baron examine in Chapter 9?

3. What is Berbelang’s hat decorated with?

4. Where is Jes Grew worst?

5. Who does Ishmael Reed credit with developing the “grapevine telegraph?

(see the answer key)

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