The Crying of Lot 49 Study Guide

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 was jamming with The Paranoids and they blew a fuse
• She and Metzger were having sex in the bathroom

7. What is Yoyodyne?

• 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
• The code word used among factory employees for the Tristero

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 was a prostitute Pierce had met in Mexico
• She would not be easy
• 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