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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the theater where Metzger and Oedipa see the Jacobean revenge play?
(a) Inverarity Theater.
(b) Time Theater.
(c) San Narciso Theater.
(d) Tank Theater.

2. What type of business is Hogan's Seraglio in downtown San Narciso?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A Turkish bath.
(c) A nightclub.
(d) A resturant.

3. After receiving Inverarity's letter, which of the following does Oedipa NOT do for the afternoon?
(a) Call friends.
(b) Work in her garden.
(c) Mix cocktails.
(d) Read book reviews.

4. What is on the island in the middle of the artificial lake at Fangoso Lagoons?
(a) A skyscraper.
(b) A European pleasure-casino.
(c) A clubhouse.
(d) A European cruise ship.

5. 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 Revenge.
(c) The Court's Tragedy.
(d) The Courier's Tragedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Oedipa have revelations about as she completes her task for Pierce Inverarity?

2. Metzger objects that if Mike Fallopian's hero was anti-Communist he could not also be against ______________.

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

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. Pierce Inverarity was a _____________?

(see the answer key)

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