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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oedipa use to fend off the advances of the manager of the Echo Courts Motel?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) A candelabra.
(c) A TV remote.
(d) A TV antenna.

2. Who does Oedipa try to call from a phone booth before she heads to the bookstore?
(a) Driblette.
(b) Fallopian.
(c) Metzger.
(d) Mucho.

3. Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Inverarity resembles the plot of a Jacobean revenge play entitled ______________.
(a) The Court's Tragedy.
(b) The Court's Revenge.
(c) The Courier's Tragic Story.
(d) The Courier's Tragedy.

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

5. What type of business is Hogan's Seraglio in downtown San Narciso?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A nightclub.
(c) A Turkish bath.
(d) A resturant.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the novel begins, Mrs. Oedipa Maas arrives home from where?

2. What kind of game does Metzger suggest he and Oedipa play in the motel room at Echo Courts?

3. What happens at the climax of Oedipa and Metzger's intimate relations?

4. What is Stanley Koteks doodling when Oedipa comes up to his desk?

5. What is on the island in the middle of the artificial lake at Fangoso Lagoons?

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