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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Funch, Mucho's boss, tell Mucho he is going to do in the first chapter of the novel?
(a) Cancel Mucho's raise.
(b) Tape all Mucho's phone conversations.
(c) Tape all Mucho's office interactions.
(d) Curb Mucho's use of credit cards.

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

4. What does Metzger theorize that the members of Mike Fallopian's group would be opposed to?
(a) The electoral system.
(b) Higher taxes.
(c) Any government monopoly such as the postal system.
(d) Any government monopoly such as the drug adminstration.

5. What will Oedipa have revelations about as she completes her task for Pierce Inverarity?
(a) A magical presence.
(b) Her marriage.
(c) Life after death.
(d) The meaning of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the island in the middle of the artificial lake at Fangoso Lagoons?

2. Pierce Inverarity was a _____________?

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

4. What type of business is Hogan's Seraglio in downtown San Narciso?

5. After hearing about his work in Chapter 1, Oedipa tells Mucho that he is too ___________?

(see the answer key)

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