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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. Who does Ishmael Reed credit with developing the “grapevine telegraph?
(a) Booker T. Washington.
(b) Warren G. Harding.
(c) Louis Armstrong.
(d) Charlie Parker.

2. How long does the gang’s work take?
(a) A few days.
(b) A few hours.
(c) A few minutes.
(d) Half and hour.

3. What does Ishmael Reed say the Mu’tafikah building resembles?
(a) The future of Jazz.
(b) Western history.
(c) Black culture.
(d) The Jes Grew.

4. When were the Knights Templar founded?
(a) 981 A.D.
(b) 1118 A.D.
(c) 421 A.D.
(d) 504 B.C.

5. When Earline starts to discuss the Jes Grew, what does Berbelang do to interrupt her?
(a) Caress and kiss her.
(b) Change the topic.
(c) His her.
(d) Walk out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hinkle Von Vampton work?

2. What has to happen before the Jes Grew will stop?

3. What does Reed say Berbelang known as?

4. What are Berbelang and the other Mu’tafikah drinking?

5. Who is surrounded in Haiti, according to the headline the Robber Baron reads?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Mumbo Jumbo different from most novels?

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

4. What is Hinkle Von Vampton’s strategy for eliminating the Jes Grew?

5. Why does Woodrow Wilson Jefferson leave for New York?

6. Describe Nathan Brown’s status in the black arts scene.

7. What is the significance of the siege in Haiti?

8. How does Reed characterize America in Mumbo Jumbo?

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

10. What kind of people did Langston Hughes say were popular in the 1920s in the Harlem Renaissance?

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