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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 miracle did Osiris perform?

2. Why does Buddy Jackson say that the whites wanted his Masons out of the mysteries?

3. Who does Earline say she is married to?

4. How has the Wallflower Order figured out how to undermine the Jes Grew?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Isis want from Moses?

5. What prevents Hierophant 1 from taking poison?

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

7. What is the meaning of the chart inserted in the historical account leading up to Hinkle Von Vampton and Safecracker Gould’s arrest?

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

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

10. Describe Woodrow Wilson Jefferson’s departure for home.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an evaluative review of Mumbo Jumbo. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What would it mean to ‘write down the dance,’ in Mumbo Jumbo? What efforts are made, to record the gestures of the Jes Grew, and why does dancing elude and representation? How does Ishmael Reed address the irony of writing a novel about a dance that cannot be recorded?

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