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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. In the car after Oedipa and Metzger leave the theater, who do they hear on KCUF radio?
(a) Di Presso.
(b) Inverarity.
(c) Mucho.
(d) The Paranoids.

4. Dr. Hilarius has a theory that faces are like what?
(a) A Freudian slip.
(b) A hallucinogenic drug.
(c) A psychological reaction.
(d) A Rorschach blot.

5. When Oedipa questions him about the play, Driblette launches into a diatribe against the obsession with texts, saying people are like __________ making a literal interpretation of the Bible.
(a) Puritans.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Priests.
(d) Preachers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the members of Mike Fallopian's group use on the sly?

3. What is the name of the manager of the Echo Courts Motel?

4. Why does Dr. Hilarius call Oedipa at 3 a.m.?

5. What is on the huge sign advertising the Echo Courts Motel?

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