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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Metzger ask Oedipa to bet on in Chapter 2?
(a) What will happen in the movie they are watching.
(b) The name of the other actor in the movie.
(c) What his acting name was.
(d) What Inverarity said about her.

2. Where does Metzger come upon the actor who plays him in the TV pilot while exploring Fangoso Lagoons?
(a) He is disguised as one of the Paranoids
(b) He is disguised as a woman.
(c) He is hiding under a roller coaster in a skin-diving suit.
(d) He is hiding under a tarp in a skin-diving suit.

3. After Oedipa follows the wino with the bag of letters, where does she find the can with the WASTE symbol on the side?
(a) Behind Nefastis' apartment.
(b) Under the freeway
(c) At her hotel.
(d) On a bus.

4. As Mucho and Oedipa eat at a pizzeria, what does Mucho notice about one violin heard on the Muzak playing in the restaurant?
(a) The bass is too low.
(b) The E string is tuned too sharp.
(c) The bass is too high.
(d) The C string is out of tune.

5. What did Inverarity tell Metzger about Oedipa?
(a) He said she was easy to talk to.
(b) He said she wouldn't be easy.
(c) He said she would be easy.
(d) He said she would have an easy time being executor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mucho's boss, Funch, says Mucho is losing his identity and becoming more ________.

2. What does Oedipa use to fend off the advances of the manager of the Echo Courts Motel?

3. What name does Oedipa give to her series of revelations?

4. What does Oedipa see scribbled on the wall of the ladies' room at the bar she is in with Metzger and Mike Fallopian?

5. What does Metzger complain about when Oedipa tells him she is going backstage after the play?

(see the answer key)

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