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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.
(a) Scientists.
(b) Priests.
(c) Puritans.
(d) Preachers.

3. What does Oedipa see scribbled on the wall of the ladies' room at the bar she is in with Metzger and Mike Fallopian?
(a) The Pynchon symbol.
(b) The Tressero symbol.
(c) The WASTE symbol.
(d) The Postal symbol.

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

5. What does Metzger ask Oedipa to bet on in Chapter 2?
(a) The name of the other actor in the movie.
(b) What will happen in the movie they are watching.
(c) What his acting name was.
(d) What Inverarity said about her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the previous occupation of Mucho Mass?

2. What does Mucho advise Oedipa to do after she shows him the letter regarding Pierce Inverarity?

3. Metzger objects that if Mike Fallopian's hero was anti-Communist he could not also be against ______________.

4. When Oedipa goes backstage, Driblette tells her that words are like what?

5. Where does Metzger come upon the actor who plays him in the TV pilot while exploring Fangoso Lagoons?

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