  Parity-conserving and -violating response functions are computed for the
inclusive electroexcitation of the N*(1440)(Roper) resonance in nuclear matter
modeled as a relativistic Fermi gas. Using various empirical parameterizations
and theoretical models of the N-N*(1440) transition form factors, the
sensitivity of the response functions to details of the structure of the Roper
resonance is investigated. The possibility of disentangling this resonance from
the contribution of Delta electroproduction in nuclei is addressed. Finally,
the contributions of the Roper resonance to the longitudinal scaling function
and to the Coulomb sum rule are also explored.
