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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. How many of the Knights Templar were slain in 1307?

2. How long will it be before Earline is alright after Black Herman’s treatment?

3. What did Pharaoh do to quiet the crowd?

4. What criticism does Battraville say is leveled against Haitian art?

5. What does Battraville want to do with the man he is looking for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Abdul Hamid’s letter to PaPaLaBas say about the Book?

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

3. What prevents Hierophant 1 from taking poison?

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

5. What caused 50,000 Templars to be murdered in 1307?

6. What request does Earline make to PaPaLaBas?

7. What was the meaning of Abdul Hamid’s epigram?

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

9. What does Isis want from Moses?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Make an argument for which character is the most important character in Mumbo Jumbo. Who is most important to the novel? Is it Berbelang, and the Mu’tafikah? Is it Hinkle Von Vampton? PaPaLaBas?Benoit Battraville? Earline? Using examples from the text, propose one as more important than the others. Say why the others are not as important as the one you have nominated.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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