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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only cure for the Jes Grew?

2. What kind of people did Langston Hughes say were popular during the time period of the book?

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

4. Whom does Biff Musclewhite say Thor reminds him of?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What accusation does Yellow Jack make to Berbelang?

3. Describe the interview between Hinkle Von Vampton and Abdul Hamid.

4. How is Mumbo Jumbo different from most novels?

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

6. Under what conditions does Hinkle Von Vampton agree to stamp out the Jes Grew?

7. Why is Thor distrusted?

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

9. What affliction is PaPaLaBas trying to relieve the blacks of in North America?

10. What critique does Abdul Hamid make of PaPaLaBas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you rewrite Mumbo Jumbo, if you were to adapt it and make it your own? What part of the book would you preserve? What part would you change? Explain your motivation for the changes you would make.

Essay Topic 2

Would you recommend Mumbo Jumbo? For what purposes would you recommend Mumbo Jumbo, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

Essay Topic 3

Use this book as a meditation on the value of a five-star rating system. Is a five-star system sufficient to a book like this? Would you need to have sub-topics for the rating system, for plot, characterization, language, etc? What other sub-topics would you need? What value or importance gets lost in a five-star scale? Design a scale that would be better for this book.

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