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

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

3. 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.

4. What remedy did the church have for underground worshippers of Osiris?
(a) Beatings.
(b) Execution.
(c) Forced conversion.
(d) Exile.

5. What criticism does Battraville say is leveled against Haitian art?
(a) It is too universal.
(b) It is not particular enough.
(c) It is not universal.
(d) It is transcendent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Earline’s scarf turn into, when Black Herman throws it on the floor?

2. How does PaPaLaBas characterize Egypt’s rule under Osiris?

3. What is depicted on the pendant Hinkle Von Vampton wears in the photo in the New York Sun?

4. What did Moses do after he demonstrated his power?

5. What is the name of the literary device used repeatedly in Harlem Tom Toms?

Short Essay Questions

1. What request does Earline make to PaPaLaBas?

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

3. What prevents Hierophant 1 from taking poison?

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

5. What does Battraville say is the difference between VooDoo in America and VooDoo in Haiti?

6. Who is gathered at the Irvington-on-Hudson party?

7. What does Battraville say haunts White culture?

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

9. Why does Benoit Battraville say that the Americans are the ones to ask about the Jes Grew?

10. How are Hank Rollings’ objections to Hinkle Von Vampton and Safecracker Gould’s arrest get resolved?

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