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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oedipa compares Mucho's angst about his work to what?
(a) Memories of competition.
(b) Memories of combat.
(c) Metamorphism.
(d) Mental acuity.

2. What will Oedipa have revelations about as she completes her task for Pierce Inverarity?
(a) A magical presence.
(b) Life after death.
(c) Her marriage.
(d) The meaning of life.

3. What is the huge complex surrounded by barbed-wire-topped fence, its entrance flanked by sixty-foot missiles with the name Yoyodyne, Inc. lettered on each nose cone, that Oedipa passes as she drives into San Narciso?
(a) The postal delivery division of a company in which Pierce owned shares.
(b) The Galactronics Division of a company in which Pierce owned shares.
(c) The movie company owned by Metger.
(d) The Galactronics Division of a company in which Mucho owned shares.

4. What is the occupation of Mucho Maas?
(a) Radio station disc jockey.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Real estate mogul.
(d) Used car salesman.

5. How did Metzger know that Oedipa went to Mexico with Inverarity?
(a) Inverarity wrote a song about it.
(b) Inverarity wrote Metzger a letter.
(c) Inverarity listed it in his will.
(d) Inverarity listed it as a business expense.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Oedipa noticed about her life before she embarks on her journey?

2. What does Metzger tell Oedipa about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?

3. Who wins the bet about the movie Oedipa and Metzger are watching while staying at the motel?

4. On a long ago trip with Pierce Inverarity, where did Oedipa see an exhibition of paintings by Remedios Varo ?

5. What song do the Paranoids play for Oedipa and Metzger the first night in the motel?

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