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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Oedipa know Pierce Inverarity?
(a) He was her brother.
(b) He was her lawyer.
(c) He was her ex-husband.
(d) He was a former lover.

5. What is the name of the actor who will play Metzger in a pilot for a TV series?
(a) Manic Depresso.
(b) Maas De Presso.
(c) Marvin Di Pizario.
(d) Manny Di Presso.

6. What is striking to Oedipa about the street plan of San Narciso?
(a) The street signs spell out a message.
(b) They contain a concealed message.
(c) They remind her of home.
(d) They look confusing to drive.

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

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

9. What was the previous occupation of Mucho Mass?
(a) Used car salesman.
(b) Radio station disc jockey.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Real estate mogul.

10. What song do the Paranoids play for Oedipa and Metzger the first night in the motel?
(a) Serenade.
(b) Serenada.
(c) Serenity.
(d) Serene.

11. What does fangoso mean in Spanish?
(a) Swanky.
(b) Famous.
(c) Swampy.
(d) Fan dance.

12. What is the huge complex surrounded by barbed-wire-topped fence, its entrance flanked by sixty-foot missiles with the name Yoyodyne, Inc. lettered on each nose cone, that Oedipa passes as she drives into San Narciso?
(a) The Galactronics Division of a company in which Pierce owned shares.
(b) The postal delivery division of a company in which Pierce owned shares.
(c) The Galactronics Division of a company in which Mucho owned shares.
(d) The movie company owned by Metger.

13. What type of business is Hogan's Seraglio in downtown San Narciso?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A Turkish bath.
(c) A resturant.
(d) A nightclub.

14. What does Mucho advise Oedipa to do after she shows him the letter regarding Pierce Inverarity?
(a) Call Inverarity's wife.
(b) Contact their lawyer.
(c) Go see her shrink.
(d) Have a drink.

15. The rock group, The Paranoids, is a take off on what famous band?
(a) The Sex Pistols.
(b) The Beach Boys.
(c) The Eagles.
(d) The Beatles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the members of Mike Fallopian's group required to do each week?

3. Who is Metzger?

4. How did Metzger know that Oedipa went to Mexico with Inverarity?

5. What happens at the climax of Oedipa and Metzger's intimate relations?

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