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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 does Yellow Jack say to make Berbelang angry?

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

3. Where do Berbelang and his compatriots get their equipment from?

4. What does PaPaLaBas fit for his customers?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charlotte’s predicament get resolved?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What critique does Abdul Hamid make of PaPaLaBas?

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

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

10. Why is Thor distrusted?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways is Mumbo Jumbo relevant to contemporary readers? What contemporary issues are in play in the book, and how would the book contribute to contemporary discussion? Cite specific discussions from contemporary sources, and cite specific instances from the book, that describe its contemporary relevance.

Essay Topic 2

Identify the most important plot points in Mumbo Jumbo. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?

Essay Topic 3

What makes Mumbo Jumbo an American novel? How does Reed define America, and how is his definition of America sustained throughout the action of Mumbo Jumbo? How does Reed account for competing visions of what America is?

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