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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when a heavy, pale young man carrying a mail sack appears in the doorway of the bar where Oedipa and Metzger are talking to Mike Fallopian?
(a) He climbs up on the bar, and starts shooting into the crowd.
(b) He climbs up on the bar and starts throwing envelopes into the crowd.
(c) He yells "Fire!" and everyone runs.
(d) He starts an argument with Mike Fallopian.

2. What is the name of the bar that Oedipa and Metzger go to near the Yoyodyne plant?
(a) The Scuttle.
(b) The Scoop.
(c) The Scope.
(d) The Sound.

3. In the car after Oedipa and Metzger leave the theater, who do they hear on KCUF radio?
(a) Mucho.
(b) Di Presso.
(c) The Paranoids.
(d) Inverarity.

4. What choice does Oedipa make in regard to Dr. Hilarius, even though she recognizes there will never be a way to know if she is cured?
(a) To go off the medication.
(b) To find another "shrink."
(c) To go on medication.
(d) Not to leave her "shrink ."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at the climax of Oedipa and Metzger's intimate relations?

2. What is in the pond at the center of Fangoso Lagoons?

3. Pierce Inverarity was a _____________?

4. What does Oedipa tell Dr. Hilarius that she doesn't trust?

5. What comments does Metzger make to Oedipa after every commercial on the TV as they watch his movie in the motel room?

(see the answer key)

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