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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mucho offer to Oedipa before they leave the pizzeria?
(a) LSD.
(b) His forgiveness.
(c) Money.
(d) A divorce.

3. The Paranoids sing a song recounting how men like __________ seduce younger women?
(a) Metzger.
(b) Mucho.
(c) Humbert Humbert.
(d) Miles.

4. In Chapter 4, who does Oedipa tell Stanley Koteks she is?
(a) A board member.
(b) A patent inspector.
(c) A stockholder.
(d) A design engineer.

5. What happens to Oedipa after she knocks on the door of Dr. Hilarius's office in Chapter 5?
(a) He takes her hostage.
(b) He makes love to her.
(c) He begs her to run away with him.
(d) He gives her LSD.

6. While walking down a stretch of railroad track, Oedipa remembers that Inverarity had once told her the secret to success was what?
(a) Buy low, sell high.
(b) Trust no one.
(c) Keep it going.
(d) Keep it bouncing.

7. After Oedipa follows the wino with the bag of letters, where does she find the can with the WASTE symbol on the side?
(a) Under the freeway
(b) At her hotel.
(c) Behind Nefastis' apartment.
(d) On a bus.

8. Genghis Cohen claims that the stamp, which depicts a Pony Express rider galloping out of a western fort into a black feather, is what?
(a) Priceless.
(b) Counterfeit.
(c) Extinct.
(d) Rare.

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

10. What happens when Oedipa returns to her hotel in Berkeley?
(a) She sleeps wtih John Nefastis.
(b) A young man waltzes her around the ballroom.
(c) She finds Mucho waiting in her room.
(d) She sees the ghost of Inverarity.

11. Who is Genghis Cohen?
(a) A philatelist.
(b) A philanthropist.
(c) A psychiatrist.
(d) A philosopher.

12. As Mucho and Oedipa eat at a pizzeria, what does Mucho notice about one violin heard on the Muzak playing in the restaurant?
(a) The E string is tuned too sharp.
(b) The bass is too high.
(c) The bass is too low.
(d) The C string is out of tune.

13. Oedipa drives around the freeway at night without her lights on, and then ends up in a phone booth calling which bar in San Francisco?
(a) The Scope.
(b) The Accidental Meeting.
(c) The Greek Way.
(d) The Geek Way.

14. In Oedipa's search for the source text for the Jacobean revenge play , the publisher sends her to a warehouse in what city?
(a) Oakland.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Los Angeles.

15. Mr. Thoth pulls a gold signet ring with the ________ symbol out of his knitting bag, which he says his grandfather cut from the finger of an Indian he had killed.
(a) Trystero.
(b) Yoyodyne.
(c) Nefastis.
(d) WASTE.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bortz suggests to Oedipa that Tristero might have caused ______ simply in order to issue the Proclamation of the 9th Frimaire, An III, ending the sanctioned postal monopoly.

2. Tristero y Calavera set up his own postal system and called himself El Desheredado, which meant what?

3. What does the owner of the government surplus store, Winthrop Tremaine, tell Oedipa there is a large demand for?

4. Oedipa recites the couplet from the play which mentions Trystero and Bortz and says the quote came from a pornographic version of the play which was held where?

5. Stanley Koteks tells Oedipa ________________ is a "symptom of the gutlessness of the whole society."

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