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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (Chapters 18-26).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does James Weldon Johnson say the Jes Grew belongs to?
(a) All blacks.
(b) Africans.
(c) Nobody.
(d) Slaves and ex-slaves.

2. Who is surrounded in Haiti, according to the headline the Robber Baron reads?
(a) The Marines.
(b) The President.
(c) The slave leaders.
(d) The voodoo generals.

3. What does Berbelang say would doom the Mu’tafikah?
(a) If Thor betrays them to the police.
(b) If there is racial memory in the white man’s soul.
(c) If the Talking Android cannot be taught to dance.
(d) If the idols cannot all be returned on time.

4. To whom do the Knights Templar answer?
(a) The Muslim church.
(b) The King of France.
(c) The Pope.
(d) The King of England.

5. How is African-American painting described in the newspaper?
(a) Sophisticated.
(b) Radical.
(c) Primitive.
(d) Spiritual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reed say is America’s astrological rising sign?

2. What does Ishmael Reed compare Hinkle Von Vampton to?

3. What is the Mu’tafikahs’ plan in returning the gods?

4. Where does the Jes Grew aim to settle?

5. Why does Reed say JesGrewers came to America?

(see the answer key)

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