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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. Funch, Mucho's boss, accuses him of what in his interactions with people at work?
(a) Being too pushy.
(b) Being too judgemental.
(c) Being too overtly sexual.
(d) Being a poor judge of character.

2. Dr. Hilarius has a theory that faces are like what?
(a) A psychological reaction.
(b) A Rorschach blot.
(c) A Freudian slip.
(d) A hallucinogenic drug.

3. What does Metzger complain about when Oedipa tells him she is going backstage after the play?
(a) Boring plays.
(b) Long lines.
(c) Bad acting.
(d) Liberated women.

4. Metzger objects that if Mike Fallopian's hero was anti-Communist he could not also be against ______________.
(a) Postal service.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Industrial capitalism.
(d) Marxism.

5. What is the name of Oedipa's lawyer?
(a) Rutherford.
(b) Rothman.
(c) Rutgers.
(d) Roseman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the manager of the Echo Courts Motel?

2. Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Inverarity resembles the plot of a Jacobean revenge play entitled ______________.

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

4. What does Oedipa ask questions about in order to play the game with Metzger?

5. What is unusual about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the manager of the Echo Courts Motel.

4. As she is losing the game of Strip Botticelli, what does Oedipa remove first?

5. Where did Tony Jaguar get the bones that he sold to Beaconsfield Cigarettes?

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

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

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

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

10. What is unusual about the postmark on the letter Oedipa receives from Mucho?

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