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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the actual first name of Oedipa's husband, Mucho Maas?
(a) Wendell.
(b) Walter.
(c) Pierce.
(d) Perry.

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

3. What is the name of Dr. Hilarius' s face number 37, which is the face children often use for taunting?
(a) Fraidycat.
(b) Fu-Mucho.
(c) Nannynana.
(d) Fu-Manchu.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What song do the Paranoids play for Oedipa and Metzger the first night in the motel?

2. What does San Narciso remind Oedipa of as she views it from a hilltop?

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

4. Funch, Mucho's boss, accuses him of what in his interactions with people at work?

5. The rock group, The Paranoids, is a take off on what famous band?

(see the answer key)

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