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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Hinkle Von Vampton accuse his boss of?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Being a slob.
(d) Hypocrisy.
2. Where do Hinkle Von Vampton and Safecracker Gould look for the anthology that contains the Jes Grew?
(a) Abdul Hamid.
(b) PaPaLaBas.
(c) Earline.
(d) Berbelang.
3. What is the danger if the Jes Grew becomes pandemic?
(a) The end of civilization.
(b) The end of black people.
(c) The end of the Mayor’s career.
(d) The destruction of the city.
4. Why is Woodrow Wilson Jefferson prevented from entering Buddy Jackson’s cabaret?
(a) He is not dressed appropriately.
(b) He looks hispanic.
(c) He is too dark-skinned.
(d) He is not dark-skinned enough.
5. How does Reed characterize the outbreak of Jes Grew?
(a) Sporadic.
(b) Consistent.
(c) Incremental.
(d) Predictable.
6. Where is Woodrow Wilson Jefferson going, in Chapter 11?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Chicago.
(c) California.
(d) New York.
7. What does Earline say PaPaLaBas mixes concrete events with?
(a) Politics.
(b) Religion.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Warfare.
8. What is everything made of at the Wallflower Order headquarters?
(a) Books.
(b) Paper.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Wood.
9. What does Carl Jung say the Great War was useful for?
(a) Blurring the line between men and machines.
(b) Making men doubt the value of Western culture.
(c) Making room for more industrial culture.
(d) Giving white men machines with which to repress history.
10. What does PaPaLaBas fit for his customers?
(a) Their lives.
(b) Their souls.
(c) Their histories.
(d) Their heads.
11. What are Berbelang and the others wearing when they come for Biff Musclewhite?
(a) Tuxedos.
(b) Camouflage.
(c) Work clothes.
(d) Soldiers’ uniforms.
12. What is the Mu’tafikahs’ plan in returning the gods?
(a) To arouse the spirits.
(b) To put things back in their proper places.
(c) To undermine white people’s power.
(d) To create a global revolution.
13. What has to happen before the Jes Grew will stop?
(a) It will become the spirit of America.
(b) It will cohabit with what it is after.
(c) It will mingle with the blood of the land.
(d) It will be purged by the most stringent repression.
14. What is the sign by which Schlitz’ properties are identified?
(a) An ad for Packards cars.
(b) A box of Dutch Masters.
(c) An image of the skull and crossbones.
(d) An image of Prince Hall.
15. What does Reed say is the American motto?
(a) There’s a sucker born every minute.
(b) There's no business like show business.
(c) The sun never sets on the American empire.
(d) You can't repeat the past? Of course you can.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of food is served at Buddy Jackson’s cabaret?
2. What does Ishmael Reed say the Mu’tafikah building resembles?
3. What does the Atonist Order require of the newspapers?
4. Whom does Biff Musclewhite say Thor reminds him of?
5. What is Berbelang’s hat decorated with?
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