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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10 (Chapter 53-Epilogue).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Woodrow Wilson Jefferson prevented from entering Buddy Jackson’s cabaret?
(a) He is not dark-skinned enough.
(b) He is not dressed appropriately.
(c) He is too dark-skinned.
(d) He looks hispanic.

2. Where does Black Herman go, after handing over Hinkle Von Vampton and Safecracker Gould?
(a) To find a missing manuscript.
(b) To find a girl.
(c) To track down a jewel.
(d) To take some time off.

3. What was Set known for, in PaPaLaBas’ story?
(a) His knowledge of the markets.
(b) His refusal to dance.
(c) His willingness to negotiate.
(d) His spiritual knowledge.

4. What brainstorm does Hinkle Von Vampton have about the Talking Android?
(a) He will keep the identity of the Talking Android secret.
(b) He will become the Talking Android himself.
(c) He will brainwash PaPaLaBas.
(d) He will put Safecracker Gould in blackface.

5. What does Berbelang say haunts Faust?
(a) The guilt over the money he took from peasants.
(b) The dread of the afterlife.
(c) The knowledge that he is not really powerful.
(d) The agony of having sold his soul to the devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are labanotations?

2. What is Hinkle Von Vampton about to do to his boss before a crowd breaks in?

3. What kind of people did Langston Hughes say were popular during the time period of the book?

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

5. Why does Hinkle Von Vampton need Nathan Brown to write for the Benign Monster?

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