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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the occupation of Mucho Maas?
2. Fallopian tells Metzger that what two ideas are part of the same creeping horror?
3. What is the name of the actor who will play Metzger in a pilot for a TV series?
4. How did Metzger know that Oedipa went to Mexico with Inverarity?
5. Dr. Hilarius's insistence that Oedipa take part in the experiment reminds Oedipa of what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of image does Funch the program director want Mucho to have at the radio station?
2. What is unusual about the postmark on the letter Oedipa receives from Mucho?
3. How does Oedipa imagine Pierce Inverarity might have died?
4. What does Oedipa mean in Chapter 1 when she tells Dr. Hilarius that she is already having hallucinations?
5. How did Mucho Maas feel about the used cars his customers brought in for trade-in?
6. Who was the Peter Pinguid Society named for?
7. What is suggested by the name of Oedipa's psychiatrist, Dr. Hilarius?
8. What aspect of Mucho's job does Oedipa compare to a religious officiant conducting a ceremony?
9. What is the larger setting of The Crying of Lot 49?
10. Why is the introduction of the Yoyodyne mail deliverer at The Scope important to the plot of The Crying of Lot 49?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how Chapter 4 of The Crying of Lot 49 shows Oedipa involved in a process of meaning creation. Give at least four specific examples from events in the chapter.
Essay Topic 2
Pynchon bases Oedipa Maas on the Greek Myth of Oedipus.
1) Give a synopsis of the Oedipus Myth.
2) Compare the character of Oedipa to that of Oedipus. How are their struggles similar? What larger theme is Pynchon conveying with the use of the myth?
Essay Topic 3
The larger setting of The Crying of Lot 49 is the United States in the era of the counter-culture, the 1960s, when experimentation with psychedelic drugs was rife and identity crises pervasive. The problem the novel presents is the crisis of meaning present in modern life. Choose one of the four ways this theme manifests itself throughout the novel. Discuss it thoroughly with events and characters.
1) Identity crises
2) Relationship and sexuality problems
3) Injustice in the economic system
4) Loss of cultural consensus as to what constitutes truth
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