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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 Stanley Koteks ask Oedipa to look into at Yoyodyne when he thinks she is connected to the company?
2. Where does Genghis Cohen want to send several of the stamps he is reviewing for Oedipa?
3. At Professor Bortz's house, Oedipa asks Bortz to tell her about the historical Wharfinger. Bortz sneers, saying he can only talk about __________.
4. Bortz leads Oedipa into a study to view woodcut illustrations from the pornographic version of the play. What does she see hovering in the background of the obscene images?
5. What scientific rule does the Nefastis Machine violate?
Short Essay Questions
1. In addition to visiting John Nefastis, why does Oedipa need to go to Berkeley?
2. When Oedipa visits Vesperhaven House, what does Mr. Thoth tell her about his dream?
3. What causes Oedipa to realize that every source of information on the Tristero can somehow be traced to Inverarity?
4. What does the historical marker that Oedipa remembers seeing at Fangoso Lagoons commemorate?
5. What connection does Oedipa make between the old German stamp with Thurn and Taxis printed on it which has a post horn, resembling the WASTE symbol, in each corner and the scene from The Courier's Tragedy?
6. What is the story behind the founding of Inamorati Anonymous?
7. How is the campus of Cal State different from when Oedipa was in college?
8. The overall crisis Oedipa faces by the end of the novel could be summed up how?
9. Describe the Nefastis Machine as it was explained by Stanley Koteks.
10. As Oedipa sits in rush hour traffic on the Bay Bridge, what does she determine she knows about Tristero?
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
Discuss how the meaninglessness of modern life is a central thematic strand to the narrative of The Crying of Lot 49.
Essay Topic 3
Give a definition of allegory and then discuss the allegorical aspects of the setting and characters of The Crying of Lot 49.
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