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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 is the name of the group that Mike Fallopian talks about to Oedipa and Metzger?
(a) Peter Pinguid Society.
(b) Pete Seger Society.
(c) Disgruntled.
(d) Civil War Civilians.

2. What is Fangoso Lagoons?
(a) A housing development in Kinneret in which Inverarity owned stock.
(b) A housing development in San Narciso in which Inverarity owned stock.
(c) A beach in San Narcisco.
(d) An Disneyesque amusement park.

3. What does Metzger ask Oedipa to bet on in Chapter 2?
(a) What Inverarity said about her.
(b) What will happen in the movie they are watching.
(c) The name of the other actor in the movie.
(d) What his acting name was.

4. After Oedipa has lunch with her lawyer, what does he ask her to do?
(a) Sleep with him.
(b) Go to a motel.
(c) Run away with him.
(d) Pay the bill.

5. What does Oedipa use to fend off the advances of the manager of the Echo Courts Motel?
(a) A TV antenna.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) A TV remote.
(d) A candelabra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Inverarity resembles the plot of a Jacobean revenge play entitled ______________.

2. What does Oedipa see scribbled on the wall of the ladies' room at the bar she is in with Metzger and Mike Fallopian?

3. Who is Metzger?

4. Oedipa compares Mucho's angst about his work to what?

5. What is Oedipa worried about as she receives a letter from Mucho in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. When did Pierce Inverarity die?

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

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

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

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