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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. Suffering nightmares and various symptoms, Oedipa goes to a doctor and requests a pregnancy test under what name?
2. What scientific rule does the Nefastis Machine violate?
3. Oedipa goes to Zapf's Used Books to buy a copy of what book?
4. In Chapter 4, who does Oedipa tell Stanley Koteks she is?
5. Oedipa has a conversation in a bar with the wearer of the lapel pin, and he tells her he is a member of what group?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Oedipa and Metzger go back to The Scope in Chapter 4, Mike Fallopian explains that there exists what kind of underground group?
2. The overall crisis Oedipa faces by the end of the novel could be summed up how?
3. In addition to visiting John Nefastis, why does Oedipa need to go to Berkeley?
4. Inamorati Anonymous' association to the muted post horn symbol seems purely accidental, yet what are some similarities this group has to the Tristero?
5. Why are WASTE mail boxes located under freeways?
6. Oedipa discovers that the line from Driblette's version in Plays of Ford, Webster, Tourneur and Wharfinger about Trystero was replaced by another referring to what?
7. By gathering clues from diverse obscure sources, what is the account of how the Tristero organization began that Oedipa pieces together?
8. What causes Oedipa to realize that every source of information on the Tristero can somehow be traced to Inverarity?
9. Oedipa compares her search for The Tristero to what process?
10. Why does Nefastis contend that only a sensitive person can work his machine?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the myth of Echo and Narcissus? How is it represented in the setting, characters and themes of The Crying of Lot 49?
Essay Topic 2
Give a definition of allegory and then discuss the allegorical aspects of the setting and characters of The Crying of Lot 49.
Essay Topic 3
Oedipa's husband is named Mucho Maas, an approximation to the Spanish phrase 'mucho mas,' or 'much more.' What does this suggest the character of Mucho represents in the novel? Give specific examples of how this is shown throughout The Crying of Lot 49.
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