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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. Where do Berbelang and his gang take Biff Musclewhite?

2. What does Reed say is America’s astrological rising sign?

3. What are elders trying to regulate?

4. What is developed to cure the Jes Grew?

5. Where is Jes Grew worst?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Reed characterize America in Mumbo Jumbo?

2. What is the status of The Text?

3. What critique does Abdul Hamid make of PaPaLaBas?

4. Under what conditions does Hinkle Von Vampton agree to stamp out the Jes Grew?

5. Why is Thor distrusted?

6. What accusation does Yellow Jack make to Berbelang?

7. What is Hinkle Von Vampton’s strategy for eliminating the Jes Grew?

8. Describe the interview between Hinkle Von Vampton and Abdul Hamid.

9. Describe Buddy Jackson’s cabaret.

10. What happens when the Mayor of New Orleans responds to the Jes Grew outbreak?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Who is the audience for Mumbo Jumbo? What is the ideal reader for Mumbo Jumbo likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?

Essay Topic 3

Mumbo Jumbo presents a number of different African and African-American arts—minstrel shows, jazz, a cabaret, in addition to poetry and religious fetishes. Which art is most emblematic of the art of Mumbo Jumbo itself? Why?

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