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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7 (Chapters 42-49).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image does Berbelang use to symbolize the gods Shango, Shiva and Quetzalcoatl?
(a) A proud cock.
(b) A bitter stream.
(c) A ruthless eagle.
(d) An angry snake.

2. What criticism does Battraville say is leveled against Haitian art?
(a) It is not particular enough.
(b) It is transcendent.
(c) It is too universal.
(d) It is not universal.

3. What was Abdul Hamid dressed in in Black Herman’s dream of him?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A night-club floor.
(c) Sufi's robes.
(d) African garb.

4. What are Knockings?
(a) Race memory from Africa.
(b) Intuition.
(c) Cultural knowledge.
(d) Religious secrets.

5. What does Reed say Berbelang known as?
(a) A lounge lizard.
(b) An oddball.
(c) A scholar.
(d) A nuisance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hinkle Von Vampton need Nathan Brown to write for the Benign Monster?

2. What does Battraville say is after the white people who build highways?

3. How many artifacts will “Tam” collect and return?

4. Whom does Biff Musclewhite say Thor reminds him of?

5. What does Berbelang object to, in how people look at Van Gogh?

(see the answer key)

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