2. What does Reed say happened to the Knights Templar when Hugues de Payens read the Book?
(a) Their standing increased.
(b) Their fortunes reversed.
(c) Their power increased.
(d) They were in disarray.

3. What is the name of the black freighter?
(a) The Black Hope.
(b) The Black Plume.
(c) The Rusty Skull.
(d) The White Death.

4. What inscription is embroidered on the flag that hangs from the ceiling of the stateroom on the black freighter?
(a) Upward.
(b) Progress.
(c) Blood and visions.
(d) Blood, pain, excrement.

5. What happened when The Hunter approached Moses?
(a) He told Moses why his music was wrong.
(b) The Atonist thugs killed him.
(c) He offered Moses his daughter’s hand in marriage.
(d) He beat Moses badly.

6. What does Ishmael Reed compare Earline to in Chapter 40?
(a) A snake.
(b) A goddness.
(c) An ant.
(d) A mermaid.

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

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

9. How are the times described at the beginning of Chapter 53?
(a) The end of the road.
(b) The end of the good times.
(c) The dark time in a transition.
(d) The beginning of a new age.

10. How long does Black Herman’s treatment of Earline last?
(a) A couple of days.
(b) An hour.
(c) A day.
(d) A couple of hours.

11. What was the result of Pharaoh’s action?
(a) Great rejoicing.
(b) A mushroom cloud.
(c) A plague of locusts.
(d) Renewing rain.

12. Why does PaPaLaBas say that Osiris had to record his dance?
(a) To feed the spirits.
(b) To feed her brother.
(c) To assuage the gods.
(d) To take power.

13. Who notices the unusual black ship at the pier?
(a) A white cop.
(b) A black cabaret dancer.
(c) A black trolley car driver.
(d) A white deliveryman.

14. How does Reed characterize the Knights Templar when they were founded?
(a) Choir boys.
(b) Sissy boys.
(c) Mama's boys.
(d) Bully boys.

15. How does Biff Musclewhite explain Charlotte’s confusion about what happened last night?
(a) There might have been something in her food.
(b) She might be coming down with something.
(c) She must have drunk too much.
(d) There must have been something in the air.