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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. What does Reed say is America’s astrological rising sign?
(a) Taurus.
(b) Gemini.
(c) Gemini.
(d) Cancer.

2. What does Hinkle Von Vampton ask Biff Musclewhite to do for him?
(a) Cure the Jes Grew.
(b) Remove a corpse.
(c) Open a safe.
(d) Find the anthology.

3. What does Reed say is the American motto?
(a) There’s a sucker born every minute.
(b) You can't repeat the past? Of course you can.
(c) There's no business like show business.
(d) The sun never sets on the American empire.

4. What was the outcome of the trial of the Wallflower Order?
(a) They were installed as guards of the territories.
(b) They were convicted of betraying their culture.
(c) They were condemned.
(d) They were disgraced.

5. Why does Earline say Berbelang left the Mumbo Jumbo Kathedral?
(a) Because of PaPaLaBas’ strictness.
(b) Because of PapaLaBas's restlessness.
(c) Because of his attraction for her.
(d) Because of PaPaLaBas’ conspiracy theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image does Berbelang use to symbolize the gods Shango, Shiva and Quetzalcoatl?

2. Who does James Weldon Johnson say the Jes Grew belongs to?

3. What does Yellow Jack say to make Berbelang angry?

4. What does PaPaLaBas say men will turn to before the end of the century?

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

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