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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the theater where Metzger and Oedipa see the Jacobean revenge play?
(a) Inverarity Theater.
(b) San Narciso Theater.
(c) Time Theater.
(d) Tank Theater.

3. What is in the pond at the center of Fangoso Lagoons?
(a) Fragments of sunken galleons and Atlantean columns.
(b) Famous fountains coming out of sunken ships.
(c) Fragments of missiles with the name Yoyodyne, Inc. lettered on each nose cone.
(d) Fragments of old Disney Land rides.

4. What does Oedipa see scribbled on the wall of the ladies' room at the bar she is in with Metzger and Mike Fallopian?
(a) The Pynchon symbol.
(b) The Postal symbol.
(c) The Tressero symbol.
(d) The WASTE symbol.

5. What is unusual about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?
(a) They are made with bone instead of tobacco.
(b) They won't cause cancer.
(c) They use bone charcoal filters.
(d) They have no filters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Oedipa's lawyer?

2. What is the occupation of Mucho Maas?

3. What does Metzger theorize that the members of Mike Fallopian's group would be opposed to?

4. As Oedipa parks her car at the Echo Courts, what idea does she remember?

5. What are the members of Mike Fallopian's group required to do each week?

(see the answer key)

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