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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. Hilarius has a theory that faces are like what?
(a) A Rorschach blot.
(b) A Freudian slip.
(c) A hallucinogenic drug.
(d) A psychological reaction.

2. What is the name of the bar that Oedipa and Metzger go to near the Yoyodyne plant?
(a) The Scuttle.
(b) The Scoop.
(c) The Scope.
(d) The Sound.

3. Who wins the bet about the movie Oedipa and Metzger are watching while staying at the motel?
(a) Mucho.
(b) Metzger.
(c) Oedipa.
(d) Miles.

4. What name does Oedipa give to her series of revelations?
(a) The Tretero.
(b) The Tristero.
(c) The Transmissions.
(d) The Transmitter.

5. When Oedipa questions him about the play, Driblette launches into a diatribe against the obsession with texts, saying people are like __________ making a literal interpretation of the Bible.
(a) Preachers.
(b) Priests.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Puritans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Metzger objects that if Mike Fallopian's hero was anti-Communist he could not also be against ______________.

2. What does Metzger tell Oedipa about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?

3. As Oedipa parks her car at the Echo Courts, what idea does she remember?

4. What is the reason for Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Pierce Inverarity?

5. Why does Dr. Hilarius call Oedipa at 3 a.m.?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the moment Oedipa sees San Narciso from a hilltop have a religious quality to her?

2. What is scribbled next to a message advertising the WASTE group on the bathroom wall of The Scope?

3. What is the plot of the movie that Metzger starred in as a child?

4. Where did Tony Jaguar get the bones that he sold to Beaconsfield Cigarettes?

5. As Oedipa seeks a motel to escape the illusion of speed and freedom that driving provides, to what does she compare the road?

6. How did Mucho Maas feel about the used cars his customers brought in for trade-in?

7. What do the Paranoids set outside the door of Oedipa's room?

8. Who was the Peter Pinguid Society named for?

9. As she is losing the game of Strip Botticelli, what does Oedipa remove first?

10. What aspect of Mucho's job does Oedipa compare to a religious officiant conducting a ceremony?

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