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

2. What is the huge complex surrounded by barbed-wire-topped fence, its entrance flanked by sixty-foot missiles with the name Yoyodyne, Inc. lettered on each nose cone, that Oedipa passes as she drives into San Narciso?
(a) The postal delivery division of a company in which Pierce owned shares.
(b) The Galactronics Division of a company in which Mucho owned shares.
(c) The Galactronics Division of a company in which Pierce owned shares.
(d) The movie company owned by Metger.

3. What does Metzger tell Oedipa about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?
(a) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the cancer research.
(b) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the filter-free process.
(c) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the filter process.
(d) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the tabacco process.

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

5. What is unusual about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?
(a) They won't cause cancer.
(b) They have no filters.
(c) They are made with bone instead of tobacco.
(d) They use bone charcoal filters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of game does Metzger suggest he and Oedipa play in the motel room at Echo Courts?

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

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

4. In a letter from a legal firm, what does Pierce Inverarity request Oedipa do for him?

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

(see the answer key)

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