2. Why does Abdul Hamid say he burned the Book of Thoth?
(a) It was too lewd.
(b) He had captured its essence.
(c) It was racist.
(d) It was incomprehensible.

3. What is depicted on the pendant Hinkle Von Vampton wears in the photo in the New York Sun?
(a) A snake winding around the base of a tree.
(b) A horse with wings.
(c) Two knights on one horse.
(d) A king on a throne.

4. How does PaPaLaBas characterize Egypt’s rule under Osiris?
(a) People left for neighboring countries.
(b) There was famine and drought.
(c) There was war and contention.
(d) People prospered.

5. How does Battraville describe the whites’ war against Haiti?
(a) A centuries-old Holy War.
(b) A war of conquest.
(c) A race war.
(d) As a preemptive strike against the Jes Grew.

6. How did Pharaoh try to restore order?
(a) With a different concert.
(b) With threats of punishment.
(c) With promises of gifts.
(d) By announcing a meeting of councilors.

7. How has the Wallflower Order figured out how to undermine the Jes Grew?
(a) By educating people in European philosophy.
(b) By shipping sufferers to Africa.
(c) By buying its followers’ loyalty for the Wallflower Order.
(d) By starving it of money and musicians.

8. What does Battraville say Americans know very well?
(a) Religion.
(b) Shorthand.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) History.

9. What did James Frazer call the Black Mud Sound?
(a) Earthy and sensual.
(b) Lewd and profligate.
(c) Vulgar and offensive.
(d) Intellectual and rarefied.

10. Who objects to the arrest of Hinkle Von Vampton?
(a) The Guianese art critic.
(b) Hierophant 1.
(c) The Lebanese dancer.
(d) The black painter.

11. What did the Knights Templars do to raise their standing?
(a) Saved the second crusade.
(b) Protected the crusaders.
(c) Assimilated Islam’s secrets.
(d) Defeated the first crusade.

12. What did Moses do after he demonstrated his power?
(a) Brought Zipporah back from Jethro.
(b) Went to war.
(c) Ruled Egypt.
(d) Went into exile.

13. What does Hinkle Von Vampton say Brown has avoided doing?
(a) Turning his heritage into a mystification.
(b) Retreating from black militarism.
(c) Using his poetry to fuel revolutionary ideals.
(d) Losing his legitimacy as a black person.

14. What does Abdul Hamid say he hopes for, in the future of the black race in America?
(a) Undoing progress and returning to Osiris’ times.
(b) The possibility of diversity, instead of stereotype.
(c) Power to rule their own territories and live by their own laws.
(d) Patience for decoding the entire book.

15. What ornaments the box in which the Book is kept?
(a) Men and women and temples.
(b) Bulls and cows.
(c) Egrets and herons.
(d) Snakes and scorpions.