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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Oedipa calls Emory Bortz, what does his wife Grace tell her Bortz is doing at the moment?
(a) Writing.
(b) Pouring a patio.
(c) Killing their children.
(d) Pouring drinks.

2. In her investigations in Chapter 4, Oedipa goes to what kind of meeting at Yoyodyne?
(a) Stockholders.
(b) Design.
(c) Patents.
(d) Board.

3. Where does Stanley Koteks tell Oedipa to go instead of Berkeley after he becomes distrustful of her?
(a) San Narciso.
(b) Kinneret.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. 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 French Revolution.
(b) The Black Plague.
(c) The American Revolution.
(d) The Bolshevik Revolution.

5. 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) Cavalry.
(b) Couriers.
(c) Pony Express.
(d) Continental Railroad.

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

7. 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) Conan.
(b) Conrad.
(c) Kenny.
(d) Konrad.

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

9. Genghis Cohen informs Oedipa that a mysterious new bidder requested to view the stamps in lot 49, but the request was denied for what reason?
(a) He refused to give his credit card number.
(b) He was in prison.
(c) The agent refused to give the bidder's name.
(d) The agent was on the list of prohibited bidders.

10. When Mucho interviews Oedipa after she leaves Dr. Hilarius's office, what name does her call her?
(a) Edna Mosh.
(b) His Oedy.
(c) Oedipa Maas.
(d) Sweetie Pie.

11. In the time period that brought the creation of The Tristero organization, what was the name of the organization that ran the sanctioned mail routes?
(a) Thurn and Taxis.
(b) WASTE.
(c) Committee of Eighteen.
(d) Orange Brigade.

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

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

14. Bortz leads Oedipa into a study to view woodcut illustrations from the pornographic version of the play. What does she see hovering in the background of the obscene images?
(a) Death.
(b) Love.
(c) WASTE symbol.
(d) Trystero.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oedipa end up at the desk of Stanley Koteks?

2. Oedipa reads about Blobb's account of an attack near the Lake of Piety, which left all dead except Blobb and his servant. Who attacked them?

3. Oedipa flees Berkley in Chapter 5 and finds herself on a freeway at rush hour, heading for _________.

4. On her way to visit Emory Bortz, what building does Oedipa see burned down?

5. After finding a copy of Plays of Ford, Webster, Tourneur and Wharfinger, Oedipa discovers a note that says "trystero" may be derived from the Italian word "triste." What does this word mean?

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