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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the reason for Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Pierce Inverarity?
(a) He claims that he was never paid for a shipment of bones.
(b) He claims that Inveraity made false statement about him.
(c) He claims Inverarity never gave him a shipment for which he had paid in advance.
(d) He claims that he was never paid for a shipment of drugs.

3. Oedipa protests to Metzger at the end of the play that she's Republican, and she's not motivated by a desire to right wrongs, but simply by ____________.
(a) Contentment.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Currency.

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

5. What does Metzger ask Oedipa to bet on in Chapter 2?
(a) The name of the other actor in the movie.
(b) What will happen in the movie they are watching.
(c) What his acting name was.
(d) What Inverarity said about her.

Short Answer Questions

1. After thinking about Inverarity for the afternoon in Chapter 1, what does Oedipa suddenly remember?

2. Dr. Hilarius's insistence that Oedipa take part in the experiment reminds Oedipa of what?

3. Who or what in particular does Oedipa compare herself to?

4. What did Inverarity tell Metzger about Oedipa?

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

(see the answer key)

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