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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Oedipa has lunch with her lawyer, what does he ask her to do?
(a) Sleep with him.
(b) Pay the bill.
(c) Run away with him.
(d) Go to a motel.

2. What is on the huge sign advertising the Echo Courts Motel?
(a) Echo, the god of wind.
(b) Athena, the goddess of love.
(c) A nymph holding a white blossom.
(d) A huge cavern in the side of a mountain.

3. Funch, Mucho's boss, accuses him of what in his interactions with people at work?
(a) Being a poor judge of character.
(b) Being too judgemental.
(c) Being too overtly sexual.
(d) Being too pushy.

4. What is the name of the home for senior citizens that Oedipa visits?
(a) Vestibule House.
(b) Vespers House.
(c) Vesperhaven House.
(d) Haven House.

5. What are the members of Mike Fallopian's group required to do each week?
(a) Make one meeting or get fined.
(b) Make one announcement or get fined.
(c) Send one secret coded message or get fined.
(d) Send one letter or get fined.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is unusual about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?

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

4. What comments does Metzger make to Oedipa after every commercial on the TV as they watch his movie in the motel room?

5. When Oedipa goes backstage, Driblette tells her that words are like what?

(see the answer key)

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