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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 did the Knights Templars do to raise their standing?

2. What is PaPaLaBas’ explanation for Abdul Hamid’s decision to burn the Book?

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

4. What does PaPaLaBas compare a head to, in his tradition?

5. What is the Spiraling Agony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prevents Hierophant 1 from taking poison?

2. What does Battraville reveal to PaPaLaBas?

3. What happens when the box with the Book is brought into the party?

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

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

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

7. What does PaPaLaBas say is the future of the Jes Grew?

8. What does Battraville say haunts White culture?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What does the experience of the Mu’tafikah tell you about making art? Why should art be kept close to the people who create it? Why is art out of context dangerous, or lifeless? What does that mean for Mumbo Jumbo the novel? What is the proper home for this book?

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