View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Inverarity resembles the plot of a Jacobean revenge play entitled ______________.
(a) The Court's Tragedy.
(b) The Courier's Tragedy.
(c) The Court's Revenge.
(d) The Courier's Tragic Story.

2. Under what name did Metzger perform when he was a child actor?
(a) Baby Jane.
(b) Baby Love.
(c) Baby Igor.
(d) Baby Joe.

3. How did Oedipa know Pierce Inverarity?
(a) He was her lawyer.
(b) He was a former lover.
(c) He was her ex-husband.
(d) He was her brother.

4. What does Oedipa ask questions about in order to play the game with Metzger?
(a) Metzger.
(b) The movie.
(c) Music.
(d) Inverarity.

5. What happens at the climax of Oedipa and Metzger's intimate relations?
(a) Metzger falls asleep.
(b) Opedipa has a vision.
(c) The Parniods sing.
(d) The lights go out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Driblette tell Oedipa he found at Zapf's Used Books?

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

3. What does fangoso mean in Spanish?

4. Oedipa protests to Metzger at the end of the play that she's Republican, and she's not motivated by a desire to right wrongs, but simply by ____________.

5. What is at the center of the intricate plot of the play Oedipa and Metzger go to see?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 265 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample