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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (Chapters 7-12).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Protestant editorial writers compare the Jes Grew to?
(a) A gutter.
(b) A boll weevil.
(c) A madhouse.
(d) A shark.

2. What has to happen before the Jes Grew will stop?
(a) It will be purged by the most stringent repression.
(b) It will mingle with the blood of the land.
(c) It will become the spirit of America.
(d) It will cohabit with what it is after.

3. What is the sign by which Schlitz’ properties are identified?
(a) An image of the skull and crossbones.
(b) An image of Prince Hall.
(c) An ad for Packards cars.
(d) A box of Dutch Masters.

4. What does Reed say is the American motto?
(a) There’s a sucker born every minute.
(b) There's no business like show business.
(c) You can't repeat the past? Of course you can.
(d) The sun never sets on the American empire.

5. What does the Robber Baron examine in Chapter 9?
(a) An African fetish.
(b) A gold watch.
(c) A dollar bill.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does PaPaLaBas say he cannot understand Earline?

2. Who does James Weldon Johnson say the Jes Grew belongs to?

3. What is the danger if the Jes Grew becomes pandemic?

4. What are elders trying to regulate?

5. What does PaPaLaBas fit for his customers?

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