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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 Hinkle Von Vampton say Brown has avoided doing?
2. What did Osiris ban?
3. Why did the Knights Templar lose their function in 1303?
4. What ornaments the box in which the Book is kept?
5. Why did the Jes Grew quit?
Short Essay Questions
1. What request does Earline make to PaPaLaBas?
2. How is Moses’ concert received?
3. Who is gathered at the Irvington-on-Hudson party?
4. What does PaPaLaBas say is the future of the Jes Grew?
5. What solution does Mr. Mellon propose for containing the Jes Grew?
6. What is PaPaLaBas’ explanation for Abdul Hamid’s action?
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. What is PaPaLaBas’ explanation of Earline’s seduction of the trolley car driver?
9. What does Battraville say is the difference between VooDoo in America and VooDoo in Haiti?
10. Why does Benoit Battraville say that the Americans are the ones to ask about the Jes Grew?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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