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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What miracle did Osiris perform?
(a) He brought rain to dry land.
(b) He got the vines to follow his dancing.
(c) He made the earth swallow an invading army.
(d) He multiplied the amount of grain the land could produce.

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

3. 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.

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

5. To what does Battraville compare feeding the loas?
(a) Smashing jazz records.
(b) Selling bootleg liquor.
(c) Publishing black poetry.
(d) Supporting jazz musicians.

6. Where does Black Herman go, after handing over Hinkle Von Vampton and Safecracker Gould?
(a) To find a girl.
(b) To find a missing manuscript.
(c) To take some time off.
(d) To track down a jewel.

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

8. 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.

9. How does PaPaLaBas say Osiris’ brother viewed him?
(a) As a pretender.
(b) As a dilettante.
(c) As a tyrant.
(d) As a fool.

10. What is the Wallflower Order’s relationship with the Atonist Path?
(a) It is the military arm.
(b) It is a splinter group.
(c) It is a rival organization.
(d) It is an academic arm.

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

12. Who does Earline say she is married to?
(a) All black men.
(b) PaPaLaBas.
(c) Hinckle Von Vampton.
(d) Biff Musclewhite.

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

14. What advice does Black Herman give PaPaLaBas?
(a) Take inventory.
(b) Improvise.
(c) Concentrate.
(d) Imitate.

15. What does Earline’s scarf turn into, when Black Herman throws it on the floor?
(a) A snake.
(b) A book.
(c) A rope.
(d) A dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Set known for, in PaPaLaBas’ story?

2. WhenPaPaLaBas and T Malice encounter the bum outside the Mumbo Jumbo Kathedral, what does the bum say made him so ragged?

3. What tradition does PaPaLaBas say Osiris began?

4. How does Reed describe the interior of the black freighter?

5. Who saves Hierophant 1’s life?

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