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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What scientific rule does the Nefastis Machine violate?
(a) The WASTE Law.
(b) The Law of Triads.
(c) Second Law of Thermodynamics.
(d) First Law of Thermodynamics.

5. 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.

6. On her way to visit Emory Bortz, what building does Oedipa see burned down?
(a) The Tank Theater.
(b) Vespers House.
(c) KCUF radio station.
(d) Zapf's Used Books.

7. A young female graduate student reveals to Oedipa that ________ drowned himself in the Pacific Ocean two days ago.
(a) Metzger.
(b) Nefastis.
(c) Driblette.
(d) Inverarity.

8. What kind of stamp does Genghis Cohen invite Oedipa over to view that bears the muted post horn, belly-up badger, and a motto referring to Tristero's empire?
(a) An old French stamp.
(b) An old European stamp.
(c) An old Russian stamp.
(d) An old American stamp.

9. Who does Dr. Hilarius think the police are when they come to his clinic?
(a) Israelis.
(b) CIA.
(c) Thurn and Taxis agents.
(d) Tristero agents.

10. Who does Oedipa find in a pseudo-Mexican apartment building in Berkeley?
(a) Emory Bortz.
(b) Randolph Driblette.
(c) Clerk Maxwell.
(d) John Nefastis.

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

12. What does the owner of the government surplus store, Winthrop Tremaine, tell Oedipa there is a large demand for?
(a) Rifles and swastika armbands.
(b) School clothing.
(c) SS uniforms.
(d) Swimsuits.

13. 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?
(a) San Francico.
(b) The Vatican.
(c) A Puritan settlement.
(d) Paris.

14. What was the name of the author of the preface of the "Plays of Ford, Webster, Tourneur and Wharfinger," who Oedipa travels to the Cal State campus to find?
(a) Stanley Koteks.
(b) John Nefastis.
(c) Clerk Maxwell.
(d) Emory Bortz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mucho's boss, Funch, says Mucho is losing his identity and becoming more ________.

2. When Oedipa calls Emory Bortz, what does his wife Grace tell her Bortz is doing at the moment?

3. Oedipa returns to Echo Courts to find the Paranoids in shock because _________ ran off with one of their girlfriends.

4. Bortz hands Oedipa an ancient book about the _________ travels of Dr. Diocletian Blobb.

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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