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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is on the huge sign advertising the Echo Courts Motel?
(a) Athena, the goddess of love.
(b) A nymph holding a white blossom.
(c) A huge cavern in the side of a mountain.
(d) Echo, the god of wind.

2. How did Metzger know that Oedipa went to Mexico with Inverarity?
(a) Inverarity listed it as a business expense.
(b) Inverarity wrote a song about it.
(c) Inverarity listed it in his will.
(d) Inverarity wrote Metzger a letter.

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

4. What is striking to Oedipa about the street plan of San Narciso?
(a) They look confusing to drive.
(b) The street signs spell out a message.
(c) They contain a concealed message.
(d) They remind her of home.

5. What reaction does Oedipa have to what Inverarity said about her to Metzger?
(a) She begins to cry.
(b) She slaps Metzger.
(c) She begins to laugh.
(d) She kisses Metzger.

6. Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Inverarity resembles the plot of a Jacobean revenge play entitled ______________.
(a) The Courier's Tragic Story.
(b) The Court's Tragedy.
(c) The Court's Revenge.
(d) The Courier's Tragedy.

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

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

9. What is Metzger's current occupation?
(a) Disc jockey.
(b) Actor.
(c) Real estate mogul.
(d) Lawyer.

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

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

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

13. What is the occupation of Mucho Maas?
(a) Real estate mogul.
(b) Radio station disc jockey.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Used car salesman.

14. Pierce Inverarity was a _____________?
(a) Used car salesman.
(b) Radio station disc jockey.
(c) Cattle rancher.
(d) Real estate mogul.

15. What does Oedipa use to fend off the advances of the manager of the Echo Courts Motel?
(a) A TV antenna.
(b) A TV remote.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) A candelabra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the actual first name of Oedipa's husband, Mucho Maas?

2. Dr. Hilarius has a theory that faces are like what?

3. What does Mucho Maas suffer from on a regular basis?

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

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

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