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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. How did Metzger know that Oedipa went to Mexico with Inverarity?
(a) Inverarity wrote a song about it.
(b) Inverarity wrote Metzger a letter.
(c) Inverarity listed it in his will.
(d) Inverarity listed it as a business expense.

2. What is the current occupation of the actor who is playing Metzger in the TV pilot?
(a) Real estate mogul.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Used car salesman.
(d) Radio disc jockey.

3. After receiving Inverarity's letter, which of the following does Oedipa NOT do for the afternoon?
(a) Call friends.
(b) Mix cocktails.
(c) Work in her garden.
(d) Read book reviews.

4. What will Oedipa have revelations about as she completes her task for Pierce Inverarity?
(a) Life after death.
(b) The meaning of life.
(c) A magical presence.
(d) Her marriage.

5. What does Metzger tell Oedipa about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?
(a) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the tabacco process.
(b) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the cancer research.
(c) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the filter-free process.
(d) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the filter process.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the group that Mike Fallopian talks about to Oedipa and Metzger?

2. What is the actual first name of Oedipa's husband, Mucho Maas?

3. When Oedipa goes backstage, Driblette tells her that words are like what?

4. In a letter from a legal firm, what does Pierce Inverarity request Oedipa do for him?

5. As she prepares to play a game with Metzger, what begins careening around the bathroom of Oedipa's motel room at Echo Courts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is suggested by the name of Oedipa's psychiatrist, Dr. Hilarius?

2. In his phone call to Oedipa a year ago, what did Pierce Inverarity say about Mucho?

3. What does Oedipa mean in Chapter 1 when she tells Dr. Hilarius that she is already having hallucinations?

4. Why is Di Presso hiding in a boat at Fangoso Lagoons to avoid his client?

5. What is unusual about the postmark on the letter Oedipa receives from Mucho?

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

7. Describe the manager of the Echo Courts Motel.

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

9. Why is the introduction of the Yoyodyne mail deliverer at The Scope important to the plot of The Crying of Lot 49?

10. What was strange about Pierce Inverarity's call to Oedipa a year ago?

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