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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the outcome of the trial of the Wallflower Order?
(a) They were installed as guards of the territories.
(b) They were disgraced.
(c) They were condemned.
(d) They were convicted of betraying their culture.

2. What is Berbelang’s hat decorated with?
(a) Snakeskin.
(b) Scarabs.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Feathers.

3. What metaphor does Ishmael Reed use for the Mu’tafikah’s seizure of artifacts?
(a) Collecting.
(b) Repossessing.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Harvesting.

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

5. How does Biff Musclewhite characterize America?
(a) A castle built on money.
(b) A stolen trinket.
(c) A cheap liar.
(d) A ditch filled with dead Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mumbo Jumbo set?

2. What does Carl Jung say the Great War was useful for?

3. What does Reed say the Teutonic Knights do instead of raiding the Temples of Heathens?

4. What are Berbelang and the others wearing when they come for Biff Musclewhite?

5. What does Hinkle Von Vampton accuse his boss of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Reed characterize America in Mumbo Jumbo?

2. What critique does Abdul Hamid make of PaPaLaBas?

3. What is the status of The Text?

4. What is Warren G. Harding’s role in Mumbo Jumbo?

5. Describe Buddy Jackson’s cabaret.

6. How does Black Herman cure Earline of the possession by the scent of the lavender from the Black Plume?

7. What does the Jes Grew want?

8. What does Berbelang say is the guilt Faust carries with him?

9. What predicament does Charlotte find herself in with regard to Biff Musclewhite?

10. What happens when the Mayor of New Orleans responds to the Jes Grew outbreak?

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