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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. Hilarius's insistence that Oedipa take part in the experiment reminds Oedipa of what?
(a) Military recruiting posters with Uncle Sam.
(b) Military recruiting posters with a marine.
(c) Her father's poster collection.
(d) Her Uncle Sal.

2. On a long ago trip with Pierce Inverarity, where did Oedipa see an exhibition of paintings by Remedios Varo ?
(a) Acapulco.
(b) Buenos Aires.
(c) Mazatlan.
(d) Mexico City.

3. Who or what in particular does Oedipa compare herself to?
(a) A modern fairytale.
(b) A Monet painting.
(c) A modern Cinderella.
(d) A modern Rapunzel.

4. What does San Narciso remind Oedipa of as she views it from a hilltop?
(a) A postcard of San Francisco.
(b) A circuit card she once saw in a transistor radio.
(c) The song "I Want to Kiss Your Feet."
(d) Her hometown of Kinneret.

5. What kind of game does Metzger suggest he and Oedipa play in the motel room at Echo Courts?
(a) A game of poker.
(b) A game of strip poker.
(c) A game of strip Botticelli.
(d) A game of Botticelli cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of business is Hogan's Seraglio in downtown San Narciso?

2. Pierce Inverarity was a _____________?

3. What does Metzger tell Oedipa about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?

4. How did Metzger know that Oedipa went to Mexico with Inverarity?

5. The rock group, The Paranoids, is a take off on what famous band?

(see the answer key)

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