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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 Randolph Driblette?
(a) Director of the Jacobean revenge play.
(b) Leader of the Paranoids.
(c) Leader of the Peter Pinguid Society.
(d) Author of the Jacobean revenge play.

2. As Oedipa parks her car at the Echo Courts, what idea does she remember?
(a) A slow whirlwind and words she couldn't hear.
(b) Her last words to Mucho before she left.
(c) Words to a song she can't remember.
(d) Her last words to Inverarity whirling around her.

3. What is on the island in the middle of the artificial lake at Fangoso Lagoons?
(a) A European cruise ship.
(b) A European pleasure-casino.
(c) A clubhouse.
(d) A skyscraper.

4. In the car after Oedipa and Metzger leave the theater, who do they hear on KCUF radio?
(a) Di Presso.
(b) Inverarity.
(c) Mucho.
(d) The Paranoids.

5. Who or what in particular does Oedipa compare herself to?
(a) A modern Cinderella.
(b) A modern fairytale.
(c) A Monet painting.
(d) A modern Rapunzel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mucho Maas suffer from on a regular basis?

2. After Oedipa has lunch with her lawyer, what does he ask her to do?

3. When Oedipa questions him about the play, Driblette launches into a diatribe against the obsession with texts, saying people are like __________ making a literal interpretation of the Bible.

4. Fallopian tells Metzger that what two ideas are part of the same creeping horror?

5. What is Oedipa worried about as she receives a letter from Mucho in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the Peter Pinguid Society named for?

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

3. What is Mike Fallopian trying to prove in his history of private mail delivery in the U.S.?

4. What does Oedipa mean in Chapter 1 when she tells Dr. Hilarius that she is already having hallucinations?

5. As Oedipa seeks a motel to escape the illusion of speed and freedom that driving provides, to what does she compare the road?

6. In his phone call to Oedipa a year ago, what did Pierce Inverarity say about Mucho?

7. What does Oedipa do in the bathroom of the Echo Courts motel room prior to playing a game with Metzger?

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

9. Why does the manager of the Echo Courts think Oedipa is trying to seduce him?

10. When did Pierce Inverarity die?

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