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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 does Mucho offer to Oedipa before they leave the pizzeria?
2. Genghis Cohen claims that the stamp, which depicts a Pony Express rider galloping out of a western fort into a black feather, is what?
3. Mr. Thoth, a resident of the home for senior citizens, wakes from a doze and mentions to Oedipa that his grandfather rode for the ______________.
4. Who does Oedipa dream about as she sleeps in the hotel in Berkeley?
5. Genghis Cohen shows Oedipa an old German stamp with Thurn and Taxis printed on it which has a special symbol in each corner. He suggests that the extra mark on the symbol is a ______.
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. In addition to visiting John Nefastis, why does Oedipa need to go to Berkeley?
3. Why are WASTE mail boxes located under freeways?
4. According to Jesus Arrabal, what is the miracle of Inverarity?
5. The overall crisis Oedipa faces by the end of the novel could be summed up how?
6. Inamorati Anonymous' association to the muted post horn symbol seems purely accidental, yet what are some similarities this group has to the Tristero?
7. Why does Oedipa think it is possible that her search for Tristero may be a hoax created by Pierce Inverarity?
8. As Oedipa sits in rush hour traffic on the Bay Bridge, what does she determine she knows about Tristero?
9. Why does Nefastis contend that only a sensitive person can work his machine?
10. What is the story behind the founding of Inamorati Anonymous?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The presence of numerous male characters in the narrative who are unable to truly love Oedipa alludes to Freud's theory of the Oedipal complex.
1) Explain Freud's theory and how it relates to The Crying of Lot 49.
3) Show specifically what each of these male characters represents to Oedipa and how they abandon her: Metzger, Driblette and Mucho.
Essay Topic 2
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
Essay Topic 3
Fate is a dominant theme in The Crying of Lot 49. 1) Discuss this theme throughout the novel. 2) How is Oedipa trying to find out the fate of America, not just her own fate?
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