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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oedipa goes to Zapf's Used Books to buy a copy of what book?
(a) Real Revenge Plays.
(b) Jacobean Revenge Plays.
(c) The Trystero.
(d) The Bible.

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

3. 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) Freud
(c) Marx
(d) Maslov

4. The name Tristero can be traced back to Hernando Joaquin de Tristero y Calavera who claimed to be _________ and thus the rightful Grand Master of the Post.
(a) The true lord of Ohama.
(b) The true lord of Ohain.
(c) The true lord of Orange.
(d) The true lord of the Committee of Eighteen.

5. What is the name of the religious splinter group Bortz attributes to changing the pornographic version of the play?
(a) Purtians.
(b) Scurvhamites.
(c) Thurn and Taxis.
(d) Schumites.

6. What does the Nefastis Machine do?
(a) Sort hot and cold molecules.
(b) Create Nuclear warheads.
(c) Sort postal symbols.
(d) Create thermodynamics.

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

8. Why does Oedipa return to Kinneret to see Dr. Hilarius?
(a) To see if she is suffering from psychosis.
(b) To get tranquilzers.
(c) To get hallucinogenic drugs.
(d) To tell him she longer wants to be his patient.

9. 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) San Francisco.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) Los Angeles.

10. 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) Extinct.
(b) Priceless.
(c) Counterfeit.
(d) Rare.

11. What is the name of the auctioneer who will be crying the lots the day Oedipa goes?
(a) Loren Passerine.
(b) Lone Passtime.
(c) Luke Passion.
(d) Lorne Passering.

12. Oedipa arrives at a German Baroque hotel in the Berkeley hills which is hosting a meeting of what organization?
(a) California Chapter of the American Hearing-impaired Assembly.
(b) California Chapter of the American Deaf-Mute Assembly.
(c) California Chapter of the American Blind Assembly.
(d) California Chapter of the American Scientist Assembly.

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

14. Mr. Thoth, a resident of the home for senior citizens, wakes from a doze and mentions to Oedipa that his grandfather rode for the ______________.
(a) Continental Railroad.
(b) Pony Express.
(c) Couriers.
(d) Cavalry.

15. When Oedipa returns to the bar near the Yoyodyne plant, who does she find surrounded by women and dressed in army fatigues as if he were a guerrilla leader?
(a) Mucho.
(b) Mike Fallopian.
(c) Metzger.
(d) Miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oedipa see on an airmail stamp with a jet flying by the Capital dome that is on the letter the old drunk asks her to mail?

2. What does Stanley Koteks ask Oedipa to look into at Yoyodyne when he thinks she is connected to the company?

3. As Mucho and Oedipa eat at a pizzeria, what does Mucho notice about one violin heard on the Muzak playing in the restaurant?

4. Who does Oedipa try to call from a phone booth before she heads to the bookstore?

5. 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?

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