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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 do Hinkle Von Vampton and Safecracker Gould learn about the anthology?

2. What does the Atonist Order require of the newspapers?

3. What does Yellow Jack say to make Berbelang angry?

4. What does Ishmael Reed say the Mu’tafikah building resembles?

5. What does Hinkle Von Vampton accuse his boss of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the confrontation between Buddy Jackson and Schlitz.

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

4. What problem is Hinkle Von Vampton having, in recruiting blacks for the Benign Monster?

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

6. How does Reed characterize America in Mumbo Jumbo?

7. What is the status of The Text?

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

9. What changes does Peter Pick recommend for the Plantation House scene?

10. How does Charlotte’s predicament get resolved?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 2

What does the experience of the Mu’tafikah tell you about making art? Why should art be kept close to the people who create it? Why is art out of context dangerous, or lifeless? What does that mean for Mumbo Jumbo the novel? What is the proper home for this book?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the audience for Mumbo Jumbo? What is the ideal reader for Mumbo Jumbo likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?

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