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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Inverarity tell Metzger about Oedipa?
(a) He said she wouldn't 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 would be easy.

2. Genghis Cohen shows Oedipa a Pony Express stamp from 1940 with the _______ symbol on the back.
(a) Nefastis.
(b) Tristero.
(c) Yoyodyne.
(d) WASTE.

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

4. Why does Dr. Hilarius call Oedipa at 3 a.m.?
(a) To return her phone call.
(b) To ask why she isn't taking her tranqulizers.
(c) To counsel her about Mucho.
(d) To ask why she isn't taking her vitamins.

5. What does fangoso mean in Spanish?
(a) Swanky.
(b) Famous.
(c) Fan dance.
(d) Swampy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what in particular does Oedipa compare herself to?

2. In Chapter 4, who does Oedipa tell Stanley Koteks she is?

3. Dr. Hilarius has a theory that faces are like what?

4. What is the name of the manager of the Echo Courts Motel?

5. The rock group, The Paranoids, is a take off on what famous band?

(see the answer key)

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