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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the television character that Oedipa's lawyer is writing about?
(a) JR Ewing.
(b) Tyler Perry.
(c) Ben Matlock.
(d) Perry Mason.

2. What is the name of the manager of the Echo Courts Motel?
(a) Miles.
(b) Mike.
(c) Metzger.
(d) Milton.

3. What does Metzger tell Oedipa about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?
(a) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the filter-free process.
(b) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the filter process.
(c) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the tabacco process.
(d) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the cancer research.

4. What reaction does Oedipa have to what Inverarity said about her to Metzger?
(a) She begins to laugh.
(b) She kisses Metzger.
(c) She slaps Metzger.
(d) She begins to cry.

5. Despite a lack of specific facts, what does Mike Fallopian say took place in 1864?
(a) The first military confrontation between Iran and America.
(b) The first secret postal service.
(c) The first anti-communist rally in America.
(d) The first military confrontation between Russia and America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason for Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Pierce Inverarity?

2. Pierce Inverarity was a _____________?

3. What do the members of Mike Fallopian's group use on the sly?

4. In the car after Oedipa and Metzger leave the theater, who do they hear on KCUF radio?

5. Oedipa protests to Metzger at the end of the play that she's Republican, and she's not motivated by a desire to right wrongs, but simply by ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the larger setting of The Crying of Lot 49?

2. Why can't Mucho Maas drink honey in his coffee?

3. What is the plot of the movie that Metzger starred in as a child?

4. What kind of image does Funch the program director want Mucho to have at the radio station?

5. Who was the Peter Pinguid Society named for?

6. What is scribbled next to a message advertising the WASTE group on the bathroom wall of The Scope?

7. Why is Di Presso hiding in a boat at Fangoso Lagoons to avoid his client?

8. How does Oedipa imagine Pierce Inverarity might have died?

9. How is the sign advertising the Echo Courts in the likeness of Marilyn Monroe?

10. Why is the introduction of the Yoyodyne mail deliverer at The Scope important to the plot of The Crying of Lot 49?

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