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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the only cure for the Jes Grew?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Incarceration.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Anesthesia.

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

4. Where is Zuzu when the reader meets her?
(a) On the Mayor’s knee.
(b) In the Mayor's car.
(c) At the bar.
(d) In the Mayor's bed.

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

6. Where is Mumbo Jumbo set?
(a) New York.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Chicago.

7. What are Berbelang and the others wearing when they come for Biff Musclewhite?
(a) Work clothes.
(b) Tuxedos.
(c) Soldiers’ uniforms.
(d) Camouflage.

8. What does Hinkle Von Vampton accuse his boss of?
(a) Being a slob.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Hypocrisy.

9. How long does the gang’s work take?
(a) Half and hour.
(b) A few hours.
(c) A few days.
(d) A few minutes.

10. What makes Hinkle Von Vampton’s boss think that he is losing his marbles?
(a) His articles are filled with errors.
(b) He leaves a headline in the past tense.
(c) He misses every deadline for a month.
(d) He shows up drunk to work.

11. What do Protestant editorial writers compare the Jes Grew to?
(a) A madhouse.
(b) A boll weevil.
(c) A gutter.
(d) A shark.

12. What does the Atonist Order require of the newspapers?
(a) The glorification of Western Culture.
(b) The obfuscation of repression of minorities.
(c) The exploration of Eastern and Asian cultures.
(d) The denigration of minority cultures.

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

14. What is an August ham?
(a) A drink.
(b) A hat.
(c) A watermelon.
(d) A woman's dress.

15. When were the Knights Templar founded?
(a) 504 B.C.
(b) 421 A.D.
(c) 1118 A.D.
(d) 981 A.D.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Biff Musclewhite reminisce about, with Charlotte?

2. What does Berbelang say haunts Faust?

3. Who is Suzie Mae?

4. How does Biff Musclewhite characterize America?

5. What metaphor does Ishmael Reed use for the Mu’tafikah’s seizure of artifacts?

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