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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wins the bet about the movie Oedipa and Metzger are watching while staying at the motel?
(a) Mucho.
(b) Oedipa.
(c) Miles.
(d) Metzger.

2. After hearing about his work in Chapter 1, Oedipa tells Mucho that he is too ___________?
(a) Secretive.
(b) Sentimental.
(c) Sensitive.
(d) Sensible.

3. What is Fangoso Lagoons?
(a) A housing development in Kinneret in which Inverarity owned stock.
(b) A housing development in San Narciso in which Inverarity owned stock.
(c) A beach in San Narcisco.
(d) An Disneyesque amusement park.

4. Oedipa protests to Metzger at the end of the play that she's Republican, and she's not motivated by a desire to right wrongs, but simply by ____________.
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Currency.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Contentment.

5. Dr. Hilarius's insistence that Oedipa take part in the experiment reminds Oedipa of what?
(a) Military recruiting posters with Uncle Sam.
(b) Military recruiting posters with a marine.
(c) Her father's poster collection.
(d) Her Uncle Sal.

6. Who is the television character that Oedipa's lawyer is writing about?
(a) Perry Mason.
(b) Tyler Perry.
(c) Ben Matlock.
(d) JR Ewing.

7. Who saves Oedipa, Metzger and their friends after they are stranded on the island in the middle of Fangoso Lagoons?
(a) Inverarity's Security Force.
(b) Fangoso Lagoons Diving Team.
(c) San Narciso Police.
(d) Fangoso Lagoons Security Force.

8. What song do the Paranoids play for Oedipa and Metzger the first night in the motel?
(a) Serene.
(b) Serenity.
(c) Serenade.
(d) Serenada.

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

10. 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 find another "shrink."
(b) To go on medication.
(c) Not to leave her "shrink ."
(d) To go off the medication.

11. 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.

12. What is the name of Oedipa's lawyer?
(a) Roseman.
(b) Rutherford.
(c) Rutgers.
(d) Rothman.

13. 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 Postal symbol.
(b) The Tressero symbol.
(c) The Pynchon symbol.
(d) The WASTE symbol.

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

15. Who is Metzger?
(a) The co-executor of Inverarity's will.
(b) Inverarity's business partner.
(c) The co-executor of Oedipa's will.
(d) Oedipa's lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Pierce Inverarity was a _____________?

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

5. Under what name did Metzger perform when he was a child actor?

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