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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who or what in particular does Oedipa compare herself to?
(a) A modern Cinderella.
(b) A modern Rapunzel.
(c) A modern fairytale.
(d) A Monet painting.

2. In the car after Oedipa and Metzger leave the theater, who do they hear on KCUF radio?
(a) Inverarity.
(b) Mucho.
(c) Di Presso.
(d) The Paranoids.

3. What song do the Paranoids play for Oedipa and Metzger the first night in the motel?
(a) Serenade.
(b) Serenity.
(c) Serene.
(d) Serenada.

4. What does Oedipa ask questions about in order to play the game with Metzger?
(a) Inverarity.
(b) Metzger.
(c) Music.
(d) The movie.

5. What type of business is Hogan's Seraglio in downtown San Narciso?
(a) A Turkish bath.
(b) A resturant.
(c) A nightclub.
(d) A hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Inverarity resembles the plot of a Jacobean revenge play entitled ______________.

2. What does fangoso mean in Spanish?

3. What reaction does Oedipa have to what Inverarity said about her to Metzger?

4. What does Metzger complain about when Oedipa tells him she is going backstage after the play?

5. What is on the island in the middle of the artificial lake at Fangoso Lagoons?

Short Essay Questions

1. As she is losing the game of Strip Botticelli, what does Oedipa remove first?

2. Why does the manager of the Echo Courts think Oedipa is trying to seduce him?

3. What is suggested by the name of Oedipa's psychiatrist, Dr. Hilarius?

4. What do the Paranoids set outside the door of Oedipa's room?

5. What is the plot of the movie that Metzger starred in as a child?

6. What is the metaphor Oedipa is referring to about The Trystero and the costumes of historical figures?

7. What is the larger setting of The Crying of Lot 49?

8. How did Mucho Maas feel about the used cars his customers brought in for trade-in?

9. How does Oedipa imagine Pierce Inverarity might have died?

10. Why is the introduction of the Yoyodyne mail deliverer at The Scope important to the plot of The Crying of Lot 49?

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