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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 scientific rule does the Nefastis Machine violate?
2. When Oedipa calls Emory Bortz, what does his wife Grace tell her Bortz is doing at the moment?
3. Who does Oedipa find at an all-night Mexican diner in San Francisco?
4. What was the name of the author of the preface of the "Plays of Ford, Webster, Tourneur and Wharfinger," who Oedipa travels to the Cal State campus to find?
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. Bortz hands Oedipa an ancient book about the Italian travels of Dr. Diocletian Blobb. What does this story have to do with the Trystero?
2. What is the paradox that Oedipa discovers concerning the Trystero couplet from Driblette's play?
3. Give examples of individuals with the post horn symbol who are somehow alienated from society.
4. In addition to visiting John Nefastis, why does Oedipa need to go to Berkeley?
5. When Oedipa visits Vesperhaven House, what does Mr. Thoth tell her about his dream?
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. By gathering clues from diverse obscure sources, what is the account of how the Tristero organization began that Oedipa pieces together?
8. What is the story behind the religious splinter group known as the Scurvhamites that Professor Bortz tells Oedipa about?
9. When Oedipa and Metzger go back to The Scope in Chapter 4, Mike Fallopian explains that there exists what kind of underground group?
10. The overall crisis Oedipa faces by the end of the novel could be summed up how?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the overall theme of the breakdown of communication on the societal level. How was it symbolized and explored throughout the novel? Compare this to how communication breaks down on a personal level for Oedipa.
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
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.
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