Characters
What is the name of the protagonists ex-boyfriend?
Pierce Inverarity
What is the name of Miles' band, and to what does the name allude?
The Paranoids which is an allusion to the Beatles
What is the name of the radio station where Mucho works?
KCUF
What is mise-en-scene
This refers to the content of the shot, props, sets, costumes, etc.
What is the subject of the following sentence:
Giving blood saves lives.
giving blood
Member of the Peter Pinguid Society
The Yoyodyne hymn is sung to the tune of what college's alma mater?
Cornell
Who tells Oedipa about the Warfinger play?
One of the girlfriends of the band
What is a pan?
a lateral camera movement from a fixed position
What is an indirect object?
the thing to who or for whom the action was done
Who is John Nefastis?
Inventor of the Nefastis Machine which contains Maxwell's demon.
Mr. Thoth's name is an allusion to what?
An Egyptian god
There is a convention at the hotel she stays at in Berkley for what group?
The deaf/mute society
what is a dolly?
a way to move the camera on wheels or rails
What is a passive verb
a verb where the receiver of the action is the subject
Who is Manny DiPresso?
Actor/ Lawyer friend of Metzger
The last of Pierce's voices that Oedipa hears over the phone in Chapter 1 is an allusion to what?
Lamont Cranston/ The Shadow
The inamorati society was founded by whom?
A fired and suicidal former Yoyodyne executive
what is parallel editing?
two scenes cut together creating the effect that they take place simultaneously
Correct the following sentence:
I only drink diet soda.
I drink only diet soda.
What is the name of the CEO of Yoyodyne?
Clayton (Bloody) Chiclitz
The name of the Stamp expert alludes to what?
Ghengis Cohen -Ghengis Khan
Who does Hilarius think is after him?
Israeli spies
what are the three unities?
Unity of time, unity of space, unity of action
What is the underlined portion of the following sentence: I'll sleep when I'm dead.
adverb clause