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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Pierce Inverarity was a _____________?
(a) Cattle rancher.
(b) Real estate mogul.
(c) Radio station disc jockey.
(d) Used car salesman.

3. What is the actual first name of Oedipa's husband, Mucho Maas?
(a) Wendell.
(b) Pierce.
(c) Walter.
(d) Perry.

4. In a letter from a legal firm, what does Pierce Inverarity request Oedipa do for him?
(a) Be sole proprietor for his business.
(b) Be executor of his estate.
(c) Be godmother to his children.
(d) Inherit his estate.

5. What will Oedipa have revelations about as she completes her task for Pierce Inverarity?
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) A magical presence.
(c) Her marriage.
(d) Life after death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Oedipa's lawyer?

3. On a long ago trip with Pierce Inverarity, where did Oedipa see an exhibition of paintings by Remedios Varo ?

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

5. After Oedipa has lunch with her lawyer, what does he ask her to do?

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