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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. WhenPaPaLaBas and T Malice encounter the bum outside the Mumbo Jumbo Kathedral, what does the bum say made him so ragged?
2. What tradition does PaPaLaBas say Osiris began?
3. What did Osiris ban?
4. What comes from the black freighter?
5. What news does T Malice bring?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the scene of PaPaLaBas and Black Herman’s arrival at the party.
2. Describe the pendant that Hinkle Von Vampton wears around his neck.
3. Describe Woodrow Wilson Jefferson’s departure for home.
4. What happens when Moses read the Work to the people?
5. What solution does Mr. Mellon propose for containing the Jes Grew?
6. What request does Earline make to PaPaLaBas?
7. What does Isis want from Moses?
8. How is Moses’ concert received?
9. What is the meaning of the chart inserted in the historical account leading up to Hinkle Von Vampton and Safecracker Gould’s arrest?
10. What is PaPaLaBas’ explanation of Earline’s seduction of the trolley car driver?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Evaluate your own reading of Mumbo Jumbo—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
Essay Topic 2
In the beginning of Mumbo Jumbo, Reed quotes Louis Armstrong as saying that “the spirit hits them and they follow.” (p. 7). What is the spirit, and where does it lead people in Mumbo Jumbo?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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