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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Oedipa noticed about her life before she embarks on her journey?
(a) A lot of stress.
(b) A lack of romance.
(c) A lack of adventure.
(d) A lack of intensity.

2. What happens at the climax of Oedipa and Metzger's intimate relations?
(a) The lights go out.
(b) Opedipa has a vision.
(c) Metzger falls asleep.
(d) The Parniods sing.

3. 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 Galactronics Division of a company in which Mucho owned shares.
(b) The Galactronics Division of a company in which Pierce owned shares.
(c) The movie company owned by Metger.
(d) The postal delivery division of a company in which Pierce owned shares.

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

5. As the novel begins, Mrs. Oedipa Maas arrives home from where?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A Tupperware party.
(c) A psychiatrist appointment.
(d) A bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the members of Mike Fallopian's group required to do each week?

2. What does Oedipa see scribbled on the wall of the ladies' room at the bar she is in with Metzger and Mike Fallopian?

3. How did Oedipa know Pierce Inverarity?

4. After receiving Inverarity's letter, which of the following does Oedipa NOT do for the afternoon?

5. When Oedipa questions him about the play, Driblette launches into a diatribe against the obsession with texts, saying people are like __________ making a literal interpretation of the Bible.

(see the answer key)

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