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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. What is the current occupation of the actor who is playing Metzger in the TV pilot?
(a) Used car salesman.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Real estate mogul.
(d) Radio disc jockey.

2. What is the actual first name of Oedipa's husband, Mucho Maas?
(a) Pierce.
(b) Perry.
(c) Wendell.
(d) Walter.

3. What was the previous occupation of Mucho Mass?
(a) Used car salesman.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Radio station disc jockey.
(d) Real estate mogul.

4. What did Inverarity tell Metzger about Oedipa?
(a) He said she wouldn't be easy.
(b) He said she was easy to talk to.
(c) He said she would have an easy time being executor.
(d) He said she would be easy.

5. As Oedipa parks her car at the Echo Courts, what idea does she remember?
(a) Her last words to Inverarity whirling around her.
(b) Her last words to Mucho before she left.
(c) Words to a song she can't remember.
(d) A slow whirlwind and words she couldn't hear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Oedipa compares Mucho's angst about his work to what?

2. Oedipa protests to Metzger at the end of the play that she's Republican, and she's not motivated by a desire to right wrongs, but simply by ____________.

3. What comments does Metzger make to Oedipa after every commercial on the TV as they watch his movie in the motel room?

4. What kind of game does Metzger suggest he and Oedipa play in the motel room at Echo Courts?

5. What does Oedipa ask questions about in order to play the game with Metzger?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was strange about Pierce Inverarity's call to Oedipa a year ago?

2. Why can't Mucho Maas drink honey in his coffee?

3. When did Pierce Inverarity die?

4. Who was the Peter Pinguid Society named for?

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

6. As Oedipa seeks a motel to escape the illusion of speed and freedom that driving provides, to what does she compare the road?

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

8. What kind of image does Funch the program director want Mucho to have at the radio station?

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

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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