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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. What does Mucho Maas suffer from on a regular basis?
(a) Acute consciousness.
(b) A crisis of conscience.
(c) Migraines.
(d) A crisis of sadness.

2. Who accompanies Oedipa and Metzger to Fangoso Lagoons for the day?
(a) Mucho Maas.
(b) Richard Wharfinger.
(c) Mike Fallopian and his girlfriend.
(d) The Paranoids and their girlfriends.

3. How did Oedipa know Pierce Inverarity?
(a) He was her lawyer.
(b) He was her brother.
(c) He was her ex-husband.
(d) He was a former lover.

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

5. What is the name of the movie Metzger starred in as a child?
(a) Cashiered.
(b) Cashit.
(c) Cashout.
(d) Cash Only.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fallopian tells Metzger that what two ideas are part of the same creeping horror?

2. What choice does Oedipa make in regard to Dr. Hilarius, even though she recognizes there will never be a way to know if she is cured?

3. What is Fangoso Lagoons?

4. After receiving Inverarity's letter, which of the following does Oedipa NOT do for the afternoon?

5. What does Metzger complain about when Oedipa tells him she is going backstage after the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mike Fallopian trying to prove in his history of private mail delivery in the U.S.?

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

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

4. What does Oedipa do in the bathroom of the Echo Courts motel room prior to playing a game with Metzger?

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

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

7. Why does the manager of the Echo Courts think Oedipa is trying to seduce him?

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

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

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

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