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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. Oedipa compares the initial contact with _____________ to a performance where the costumes of historical figuration are thickly layered.
(a) The Transmitters.
(b) The Transmissions.
(c) The Tristero.
(d) The Tretero.

2. As Oedipa parks her car at the Echo Courts, what idea does she remember?
(a) A slow whirlwind and words she couldn't hear.
(b) Her last words to Inverarity whirling around her.
(c) Words to a song she can't remember.
(d) Her last words to Mucho before she left.

3. What does Mucho advise Oedipa to do after she shows him the letter regarding Pierce Inverarity?
(a) Go see her shrink.
(b) Contact their lawyer.
(c) Have a drink.
(d) Call Inverarity's wife.

4. What happens at the climax of Oedipa and Metzger's intimate relations?
(a) Metzger falls asleep.
(b) Opedipa has a vision.
(c) The Parniods sing.
(d) The lights go out.

5. What does Oedipa tell Dr. Hilarius that she doesn't trust?
(a) Mucho.
(b) Pills nor the doctor.
(c) God.
(d) Pills nor psycho babble.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Randolph Driblette?

2. After Oedipa has lunch with her lawyer, what does he ask her to do?

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

4. What has Oedipa noticed about her life before she embarks on her journey?

5. What do the members of Mike Fallopian's group use on the sly?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Oedipa imagine Pierce Inverarity might have died?

2. Why can't Mucho Maas drink honey in his coffee?

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

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

5. Who was the Peter Pinguid Society named for?

6. According to Mike Fallopian, what eventually happened to Peter Pinguid?

7. How can electronic music be performed live at The Scope bar?

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

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

10. How is the sign advertising the Echo Courts in the likeness of Marilyn Monroe?

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