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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Fangoso Lagoons?
(a) A beach in San Narcisco.
(b) A housing development in San Narciso in which Inverarity owned stock.
(c) An Disneyesque amusement park.
(d) A housing development in Kinneret in which Inverarity owned stock.

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

3. Who is the television character that Oedipa's lawyer is writing about?
(a) Ben Matlock.
(b) JR Ewing.
(c) Tyler Perry.
(d) Perry Mason.

4. As Oedipa parks her car at the Echo Courts, what idea does she remember?
(a) Her last words to Inverarity whirling around her.
(b) Her last words to Mucho before she left.
(c) Words to a song she can't remember.
(d) A slow whirlwind and words she couldn't hear.

5. What reaction does Oedipa have to what Inverarity said about her to Metzger?
(a) She kisses Metzger.
(b) She begins to cry.
(c) She begins to laugh.
(d) She slaps Metzger.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Oedipa ask questions about in order to play the game with Metzger?

4. What is on the huge sign advertising the Echo Courts Motel?

5. What is the name of Dr. Hilarius' s face number 37, which is the face children often use for taunting?

(see the answer key)

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