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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Moses do after he demonstrated his power?
(a) Went to war.
(b) Ruled Egypt.
(c) Brought Zipporah back from Jethro.
(d) Went into exile.

2. What is inside the box?
(a) Loose, disconnected papers.
(b) The Book.
(c) A bull's horn.
(d) A series of boxes that are ultimately empty.

3. What does PaPaLaBas compare a head to, in his tradition?
(a) A temple.
(b) The mind of God.
(c) The earth.
(d) The universe.

4. Where is Berbelang shot?
(a) In the guts.
(b) In the heart.
(c) In the face.
(d) In the throat.

5. How was Jethro’s music received when Moses played it in Egypt?
(a) Reviews were mixed.
(b) He was celebrated.
(c) He was hissed.
(d) The people danced.

6. What does PaPaLaBas say Osiris’ brother Set wanted?
(a) To invade and rule.
(b) To sing and dance.
(c) To judge and weigh.
(d) To read and write.

7. What did Pharaoh do to quiet the crowd?
(a) Invented a new song.
(b) Sang Jethro’s songs.
(c) Read from Isis’ book.
(d) Did Osiris’ dance.

8. To what does Battraville compare feeding the loas?
(a) Smashing jazz records.
(b) Selling bootleg liquor.
(c) Publishing black poetry.
(d) Supporting jazz musicians.

9. How does Reed characterize the Knights Templar when they were founded?
(a) Sissy boys.
(b) Choir boys.
(c) Bully boys.
(d) Mama's boys.

10. Why did the Jes Grew quit?
(a) The sexual revolution had made it unnecessary.
(b) It sensed that the Book of Thoth had been burned.
(c) The Wallflower Order had been defeated.
(d) It had reached New York.

11. What does Reed say happened to the Knights Templar when Hugues de Payens read the Book?
(a) Their fortunes reversed.
(b) Their power increased.
(c) Their standing increased.
(d) They were in disarray.

12. What was Abdul Hamid dressed in in Black Herman’s dream of him?
(a) Sufi's robes.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A night-club floor.
(d) African garb.

13. Who objects to the arrest of Hinkle Von Vampton?
(a) The Lebanese dancer.
(b) The black painter.
(c) Hierophant 1.
(d) The Guianese art critic.

14. Why does Black Herman succeed where PaPaLaBas failed?
(a) He was not personally involved with Earline.
(b) He was more knowledgeable.
(c) He knew his limits.
(d) He was more relaxed.

15. What tradition does PaPaLaBas say Osiris began?
(a) Planting and harvesting.
(b) Ruling and offering tribute.
(c) Reading and writing.
(d) Singing and dancing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who greets PaPaLaBas and T Malice at the Mumbo Jumbo Kathedral?

3. What happened when Moses played the music he learned at the Temple?

4. Who is Battraville looking for in America?

5. What does Hinkle Von Vampton say Brown has avoided doing?

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