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

2. WhenPaPaLaBas and T Malice encounter the bum outside the Mumbo Jumbo Kathedral, what does the bum say made him so ragged?
(a) He said the words at the Plantation Club.
(b) He said a bird spoke to him.
(c) He read from the Book.
(d) He heard men reading from the Book.

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

4. What does Berbelang object to, in how people look at Van Gogh?
(a) Their solemnity.
(b) Their excitement.
(c) Their agitation.
(d) Their reverence.

5. What is Berbelang’s hat decorated with?
(a) Feathers.
(b) Scarabs.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Snakeskin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is depicted on the pendant Hinkle Von Vampton wears in the photo in the New York Sun?

2. Why does PaPaLaBas say that Osiris had to record his dance?

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

4. What criticism does Battraville say is leveled against Haitian art?

5. What does Ishmael Reed say the Mu’tafikah building resembles?

(see the answer key)

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