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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 does Carl Jung say the Great War was useful for?
(a) Giving white men machines with which to repress history.
(b) Blurring the line between men and machines.
(c) Making men doubt the value of Western culture.
(d) Making room for more industrial culture.

2. Where is Jes Grew worst?
(a) The American northwest.
(b) The American west.
(c) The American cities.
(d) The American south.

3. What does Berbelang say haunts Faust?
(a) The dread of the afterlife.
(b) The guilt over the money he took from peasants.
(c) The agony of having sold his soul to the devil.
(d) The knowledge that he is not really powerful.

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

5. Who is surrounded in Haiti, according to the headline the Robber Baron reads?
(a) The slave leaders.
(b) The Marines.
(c) The voodoo generals.
(d) The President.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Hinkle Von Vampton’s boss think that he is losing his marbles?

2. Why is Woodrow Wilson Jefferson prevented from entering Buddy Jackson’s cabaret?

3. What does Biff Musclewhite reminisce about, with Charlotte?

4. What does the Robber Baron examine in Chapter 9?

5. What does PaPaLaBas say men will turn to before the end of the century?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Thor distrusted?

3. Describe the cover of the first issue of the Benign Monster.

4. Why is Biff Musclewhite needed for the Mu’tafikah’s break-in at the Center for Art Detention?

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

6. What is PaPaLaBas’ practice?

7. Describe the confrontation between Buddy Jackson and Schlitz.

8. Describe Buddy Jackson’s cabaret.

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

10. How does Biff Musclewhite free himself after the heist?

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