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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mucho advise Oedipa to do after she shows him the letter regarding Pierce Inverarity?
(a) Contact their lawyer.
(b) Call Inverarity's wife.
(c) Go see her shrink.
(d) Have a drink.

2. Under what name did Metzger perform when he was a child actor?
(a) Baby Joe.
(b) Baby Jane.
(c) Baby Igor.
(d) Baby Love.

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

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. Funch, Mucho's boss, accuses him of what in his interactions with people at work?
(a) Being a poor judge of character.
(b) Being too judgemental.
(c) Being too pushy.
(d) Being too overtly sexual.

6. As the novel begins, Mrs. Oedipa Maas arrives home from where?
(a) A bar.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A psychiatrist appointment.
(d) A Tupperware party.

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

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

9. After Oedipa has lunch with her lawyer, what does he ask her to do?
(a) Go to a motel.
(b) Run away with him.
(c) Sleep with him.
(d) Pay the bill.

10. Despite a lack of specific facts, what does Mike Fallopian say took place in 1864?
(a) The first anti-communist rally in America.
(b) The first military confrontation between Russia and America.
(c) The first secret postal service.
(d) The first military confrontation between Iran and America.

11. What is the name of the actor who will play Metzger in a pilot for a TV series?
(a) Manic Depresso.
(b) Manny Di Presso.
(c) Marvin Di Pizario.
(d) Maas De Presso.

12. What is the name of the group that Mike Fallopian talks about to Oedipa and Metzger?
(a) Peter Pinguid Society.
(b) Pete Seger Society.
(c) Disgruntled.
(d) Civil War Civilians.

13. What is Oedipa worried about as she receives a letter from Mucho in Chapter 3?
(a) Mucho will join the circus.
(b) Mucho will quit his job.
(c) Mucho will be angry that she slept with Metzger.
(d) Mucho will commit adultery with a teenager.

14. What does fangoso mean in Spanish?
(a) Swampy.
(b) Swanky.
(c) Fan dance.
(d) Famous.

15. Oedipa compares the initial contact with _____________ to a performance where the costumes of historical figuration are thickly layered.
(a) The Tristero.
(b) The Tretero.
(c) The Transmitters.
(d) The Transmissions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reaction does Oedipa have to what Inverarity said about her to Metzger?

2. What does Oedipa use to fend off the advances of the manager of the Echo Courts Motel?

3. What did Inverarity tell Metzger about Oedipa?

4. Who is the television character that Oedipa's lawyer is writing about?

5. What is the reason for Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Pierce Inverarity?

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