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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Pierce Inverarity was a _____________?
(a) Radio station disc jockey.
(b) Real estate mogul.
(c) Used car salesman.
(d) Cattle rancher.

4. What song do the Paranoids play for Oedipa and Metzger the first night in the motel?
(a) Serenada.
(b) Serenity.
(c) Serene.
(d) Serenade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?

2. What is on the huge sign advertising the Echo Courts Motel?

3. What is the name of the town where Oedipa and Mucho live?

4. What does San Narciso remind Oedipa of as she views it from a hilltop?

5. Why does Dr. Hilarius call Oedipa at 3 a.m.?

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