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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Oedipa's lawyer?
(a) Rutgers.
(b) Rutherford.
(c) Roseman.
(d) Rothman.

2. On a long ago trip with Pierce Inverarity, where did Oedipa see an exhibition of paintings by Remedios Varo ?
(a) Acapulco.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Buenos Aires.
(d) Mazatlan.

3. What is the name of the town where Oedipa and Mucho live?
(a) Kenney.
(b) Kinneret.
(c) McKenney.
(d) Kismet.

4. What was the previous occupation of Mucho Mass?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Radio station disc jockey.
(c) Real estate mogul.
(d) Used car salesman.

5. What is the name of Dr. Hilarius' s face number 37, which is the face children often use for taunting?
(a) Nannynana.
(b) Fraidycat.
(c) Fu-Manchu.
(d) Fu-Mucho.

Short Answer Questions

1. After thinking about Inverarity for the afternoon in Chapter 1, what does Oedipa suddenly remember?

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

3. What has Oedipa noticed about her life before she embarks on her journey?

4. How did Oedipa know Pierce Inverarity?

5. What does Funch, Mucho's boss, tell Mucho he is going to do in the first chapter of the novel?

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