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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bortz imagines one visionary militant addressing a group of Tristero members in a tavern to propose a merger with official postal couriers. What name does he give to this visionary?
(a) Konrad.
(b) Conrad.
(c) Conan.
(d) Kenny.

2. Genghis Cohen gives Oedipa a supposed translation from an article in an 1865 issue of Bibliotheque des Timbrophiles, which recounts a great schism in Tristero during what time period?
(a) The Black Plague.
(b) The Bolshevik Revolution.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) The French Revolution.

3. Who answers the phone when Oedipa tries to call Driblette from her motel room in Chapter 6?
(a) A graduate student.
(b) Grace Bortz.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) Driblette's mother.

4. According to Stanley Koteks, who are the only ones who can work the Nefastis Machine?
(a) Demonstrators.
(b) Sensitives.
(c) Demons.
(d) Scientists.

5. Dr. Hilarius protests that if he had been a real Nazi he would have become a Jungian. Instead, he chose to follow __________.
(a) Hitler
(b) Marx
(c) Freud
(d) Maslov

6. The pattern of information Oedipa sees forming in Chapter 4 has to do with what?
(a) Astrology.
(b) Thermodynamics.
(c) Jacobean revenge plays.
(d) Mail delivery.

7. Who does Oedipa tell Stanley Koteks sent her to him as she comes upon him doodling at his desk at Yoyodyne?
(a) John.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Thune.
(d) Kirby.

8. Oedipa flees Berkley in Chapter 5 and finds herself on a freeway at rush hour, heading for _________.
(a) Los Angelos.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) The wharf.
(d) The Bay Bridge.

9. What does Stanley Koteks ask Oedipa to look into at Yoyodyne when he thinks she is connected to the company?
(a) Clause on research.
(b) Clause on patents.
(c) Smoking ban.
(d) Mandatory teamwork.

10. What is the name of the home for senior citizens that Oedipa visits?
(a) Vespers House.
(b) Vesperhaven House.
(c) Haven House.
(d) Vestibule House.

11. At Professor Bortz's house, Oedipa asks Bortz to tell her about the historical Wharfinger. Bortz sneers, saying he can only talk about __________.
(a) Trystero.
(b) WASTE.
(c) Love.
(d) Words.

12. Mucho's boss, Funch, says Mucho is losing his identity and becoming more ________.
(a) Generic
(b) Sad
(c) Funny
(d) Erratic

13. Oedipa returns to Echo Courts to find the Paranoids in shock because _________ ran off with one of their girlfriends.
(a) Metzger.
(b) Miles.
(c) Mucho.
(d) Humbert Humbert.

14. As Oedipa sits in the apartment in Berkeley concentrating and awaiting the demon's message, what is on the TV?
(a) Cartoons.
(b) Metzger's movie.
(c) News about Viet Nam.
(d) News about China.

15. Who does Oedipa dream about as she sleeps in the hotel in Berkeley?
(a) Metzger.
(b) Driblette.
(c) Mucho.
(d) Inverarity.

Short Answer Questions

1. A young female graduate student reveals to Oedipa that ________ drowned himself in the Pacific Ocean two days ago.

2. Genghis Cohen shows Oedipa a Pony Express stamp from 1940 with the _______ symbol on the back.

3. Mr. Thoth, a resident of the home for senior citizens, wakes from a doze and mentions to Oedipa that his grandfather rode for the ______________.

4. Who does Dr. Hilarius think the police are when they come to his clinic?

5. Where does Genghis Cohen want to send several of the stamps he is reviewing for Oedipa?

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