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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 happened when Moses played the music he learned at the Temple?
(a) People's ears bled.
(b) Moses' fingers bled.
(c) The army interrupted the concert.
(d) They danced.

2. What news does T Malice bring?
(a) That the Jes Grew has changed.
(b) That the Jes Grew has spread to Asia.
(c) That the Jes Grew has reached New York.
(d) That the Jes Grew has quit.

3. What is the name of the literary device used repeatedly in Harlem Tom Toms?
(a) Assonance.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Rhyme.
(d) Apostrophe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are PaPaLaBas and Black Herman sending Hinkle Von Vampton and Safecracker Gould?

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

3. What does PaPaLaBas give to the man Earline has seduced?

4. What is the “Loa that Jes Grew here in America among our people” (p. 128)?

5. What does Reed say is Masonry’s relationship with the Knights Templar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What solution does Mr. Mellon propose for containing the Jes Grew?

2. How is Moses’ concert received?

3. What is PaPaLaBas’ explanation for Abdul Hamid’s action?

4. Describe Woodrow Wilson Jefferson’s departure for home.

5. What prevents Hierophant 1 from taking poison?

6. What happens when Moses read the Work to the people?

7. What does Isis want from Moses?

8. What does Battraville say haunts White culture?

9. What is PaPaLaBas’ explanation of Earline’s seduction of the trolley car driver?

10. Describe the scene of PaPaLaBas and Black Herman’s arrival at the party.

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