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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 housing development in San Narciso in which Inverarity owned stock.
(b) An Disneyesque amusement park.
(c) A beach in San Narcisco.
(d) A housing development in Kinneret in which Inverarity owned stock.

2. Oedipa compares Mucho's angst about his work to what?
(a) Memories of combat.
(b) Mental acuity.
(c) Memories of competition.
(d) Metamorphism.

3. Who or what in particular does Oedipa compare herself to?
(a) A modern Rapunzel.
(b) A modern fairytale.
(c) A Monet painting.
(d) A modern Cinderella.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the actor who will play Metzger in a pilot for a TV series?

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

5. As she prepares to play a game with Metzger, what begins careening around the bathroom of Oedipa's motel room at Echo Courts?

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