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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. Who is the television character that Oedipa's lawyer is writing about?
(a) Tyler Perry.
(b) Perry Mason.
(c) JR Ewing.
(d) Ben Matlock.

2. Who or what in particular does Oedipa compare herself to?
(a) A modern Cinderella.
(b) A modern Rapunzel.
(c) A Monet painting.
(d) A modern fairytale.

3. What is on the island in the middle of the artificial lake at Fangoso Lagoons?
(a) A clubhouse.
(b) A skyscraper.
(c) A European pleasure-casino.
(d) A European cruise ship.

4. What is unusual about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?
(a) They are made with bone instead of tobacco.
(b) They use bone charcoal filters.
(c) They won't cause cancer.
(d) They have no filters.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does fangoso mean in Spanish?

3. What is Fangoso Lagoons?

4. What is the name of the theater where Metzger and Oedipa see the Jacobean revenge play?

5. What is the occupation of Mucho Maas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What kind of image does Funch the program director want Mucho to have at the radio station?

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

7. When did Pierce Inverarity die?

8. What is the larger setting of The Crying of Lot 49?

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

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

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