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The Crying of Lot 49 Quiz 1

  • 1. Which character has died and left Oedipa executor of the will?
    •     Mucho Maas
    •     Dr. Hilarius
    •     Manny Di Presso
    •     Pierce Inverarity

  • 2. Which fairy tale character does Oedipa imagine herself as when she thinks back to her time with Pierce in Mexico City?
    •     Snow White
    •     Goldie Locks
    •     Sleeping Beauty
    •     Rapunzel

  • 3. Where is Oedipa coming from when she discovers the letter about the will?
    •     her son's soccer game
    •     a college class
    •     a Tupperware party
    •     her work as a secretary

  • 4. What was Mucho's employment before his job as a disc jockey at KCUF?
    •     a construction worker
    •     a banker
    •     a professional baseball player
    •     a used car salesman

  • 5. What is the name of Dr. Hilarius' experiment for housewives?
    •     the Partridge Family Funhouse
    •     Die Br
    •     the Hindenburg
    •     LSD

  • 6. What was Oedipa doing when she knocked over the can of hair spray in the Echo Courts Motel the first night of her stay?
    •     She was doing a dance of joy on top of the toilet seat and had leapt off when she noticed a muted post horn symbol on the mirror
    •     She had piled on all of her clothing, laughed at her reflection, and fallen over
    •     She and Metzger were having sex in the bathroom
    •     She was jamming with The Paranoids and they blew a fuse

  • 7. What is Yoyodyne?
    •     The code word used among factory employees for the Tristero
    •     A giant in the aerospace industry owned by Pierce Inverarity
    •     The name of the bridge leading from San Narciso to Los Angeles
    •     A new type of children's toy

  • 8. Which character was a child actor named Baby Igor?
    •     Mucho Maas
    •     Roseman
    •     Tony Jaguar
    •     Metzger

  • 9. What had Pierce told Metzger about Oedipa?
    •     She would not be easy
    •     She was a prostitute Pierce had met in Mexico
    •     Nothing
    •     She was his only true love

  • 10. Which mythological figures does the nymph of Echo Courts allude to?
    •     Jupiter, Venus
    •     Echo, Apollo
    •     Narcissus, Echo
    •     Medusa, Hercules

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