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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. In the car after Oedipa and Metzger leave the theater, who do they hear on KCUF radio?
2. What has Oedipa noticed about her life before she embarks on her journey?
3. Fallopian tells Metzger that what two ideas are part of the same creeping horror?
4. What does Oedipa see scribbled on the wall of the ladies' room at the bar she is in with Metzger and Mike Fallopian?
5. What type of business is Hogan's Seraglio in downtown San Narciso?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did Tony Jaguar get the bones that he sold to Beaconsfield Cigarettes?
2. Why is the introduction of the Yoyodyne mail deliverer at The Scope important to the plot of The Crying of Lot 49?
3. How can electronic music be performed live at The Scope bar?
4. What do the Paranoids set outside the door of Oedipa's room?
5. Why does the moment Oedipa sees San Narciso from a hilltop have a religious quality to her?
6. What does Oedipa mean in Chapter 1 when she tells Dr. Hilarius that she is already having hallucinations?
7. What kind of image does Funch the program director want Mucho to have at the radio station?
8. Why can't Mucho Maas drink honey in his coffee?
9. How did Mucho Maas feel about the used cars his customers brought in for trade-in?
10. According to Mike Fallopian, what eventually happened to Peter Pinguid?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Fate is a dominant theme in The Crying of Lot 49. 1) Discuss this theme throughout the novel. 2) How is Oedipa trying to find out the fate of America, not just her own fate?
Essay Topic 2
What is the myth of Echo and Narcissus? How is it represented in the setting, characters and themes of The Crying of Lot 49?
Essay Topic 3
The Crying of Lot 49 mixes elements taken from several different genres, or types of literature. Discuss each of these in terms of its use in the novel.
1) The picaresque novel, such as Don Quixote
2) The Jacobean and Elizabethan revenge plays, such as Hamlet
3) Mythology
4) Fairytales
5) Historical texts
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