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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Oedipa give to her series of revelations?
(a) The Transmissions.
(b) The Tristero.
(c) The Tretero.
(d) The Transmitter.

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

3. What does Oedipa use to fend off the advances of the manager of the Echo Courts Motel?
(a) A TV antenna.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) A candelabra.
(d) A TV remote.

4. After arriving at Dr. Hilarius's clinic, Oedipa is told what by the doctor's assistant?
(a) He has gone crazy.
(b) He is in love with Oedipa.
(c) He is moving to China.
(d) He is head of the WASTE organization.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Oedipa's search for the source text for the Jacobean revenge play , the publisher sends her to a warehouse in what city?

2. Where does Metzger come upon the actor who plays him in the TV pilot while exploring Fangoso Lagoons?

3. As Mucho and Oedipa eat at a pizzeria, what does Mucho notice about one violin heard on the Muzak playing in the restaurant?

4. Oedipa flees Berkley in Chapter 5 and finds herself on a freeway at rush hour, heading for _________.

5. Who does Oedipa find in a pseudo-Mexican apartment building in Berkeley?

(see the answer key)

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