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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. What do the members of Mike Fallopian's group use on the sly?
(a) Inverarity's money.
(b) Yoyodyne's office supplies.
(c) Yoyodyne's inter-office delivery system.
(d) Inverarity's name and image.

2. What does Driblette tell Oedipa he found at Zapf's Used Books?
(a) A copy of the Bible.
(b) A copy of the Trystero.
(c) An anthology entitled Real Revenge Plays.
(d) An anthology entitled Jacobean Revenge Plays.

3. What choice does Oedipa make in regard to Dr. Hilarius, even though she recognizes there will never be a way to know if she is cured?
(a) To go on medication.
(b) To go off the medication.
(c) To find another "shrink."
(d) Not to leave her "shrink ."

4. After hearing about his work in Chapter 1, Oedipa tells Mucho that he is too ___________?
(a) Sensible.
(b) Secretive.
(c) Sensitive.
(d) Sentimental.

5. What has Oedipa noticed about her life before she embarks on her journey?
(a) A lack of adventure.
(b) A lack of romance.
(c) A lack of intensity.
(d) A lot of stress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town where Oedipa and Mucho live?

2. What is the name of the actor who will play Metzger in a pilot for a TV series?

3. What is the occupation of Mucho Maas?

4. What does Metzger complain about when Oedipa tells him she is going backstage after the play?

5. Pierce Inverarity was a _____________?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the metaphor Oedipa is referring to about The Trystero and the costumes of historical figures?

3. What is suggested by the name of Oedipa's psychiatrist, Dr. Hilarius?

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

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

6. According to Mike Fallopian, what eventually happened to Peter Pinguid?

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

8. How did Mucho Maas feel about the used cars his customers brought in for trade-in?

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

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

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