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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 does Driblette tell Oedipa he found at Zapf's Used Books?
(a) A copy of the Trystero.
(b) An anthology entitled Jacobean Revenge Plays.
(c) An anthology entitled Real Revenge Plays.
(d) A copy of the Bible.

2. What does Oedipa tell Dr. Hilarius that she doesn't trust?
(a) Pills nor the doctor.
(b) Pills nor psycho babble.
(c) God.
(d) Mucho.

3. What does Metzger theorize that the members of Mike Fallopian's group would be opposed to?
(a) Higher taxes.
(b) Any government monopoly such as the drug adminstration.
(c) Any government monopoly such as the postal system.
(d) The electoral system.

4. What is unusual about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?
(a) They use bone charcoal filters.
(b) They have no filters.
(c) They won't cause cancer.
(d) They are made with bone instead of tobacco.

5. What kind of experiment does Dr. Hilarius want Oedipa to take part in?
(a) An experiment in which hallucinogenic drugs are given to monkeys.
(b) An experiment in which birth control drugs are given to housewives.
(c) An experiment in which vitamins are given to housewives.
(d) An experiment in which hallucinogenic drugs are given to housewives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mucho advise Oedipa to do after she shows him the letter regarding Pierce Inverarity?

2. What is the reason for Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Pierce Inverarity?

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

4. What is the name of the town where Oedipa and Mucho live?

5. What does Oedipa use to fend off the advances of the manager of the Echo Courts Motel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Tony Jaguar get the bones that he sold to Beaconsfield Cigarettes?

5. What does Oedipa do in the bathroom of the Echo Courts motel room prior to playing a game with Metzger?

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

7. What is Mike Fallopian trying to prove in his history of private mail delivery in the U.S.?

8. In his phone call to Oedipa a year ago, what did Pierce Inverarity say about Mucho?

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

10. Describe the manager of the Echo Courts Motel.

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