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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who saves Oedipa, Metzger and their friends after they are stranded on the island in the middle of Fangoso Lagoons?
(a) Inverarity's Security Force.
(b) Fangoso Lagoons Diving Team.
(c) San Narciso Police.
(d) Fangoso Lagoons Security Force.

2. 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) Priests.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Preachers.
(d) Puritans.

3. What is in the pond at the center of Fangoso Lagoons?
(a) Fragments of sunken galleons and Atlantean columns.
(b) Fragments of old Disney Land rides.
(c) Famous fountains coming out of sunken ships.
(d) Fragments of missiles with the name Yoyodyne, Inc. lettered on each nose cone.

4. What is Metzger's current occupation?
(a) Actor.
(b) Real estate mogul.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Disc jockey.

5. As Oedipa parks her car at the Echo Courts, what idea does she remember?
(a) Her last words to Inverarity whirling around her.
(b) A slow whirlwind and words she couldn't hear.
(c) Her last words to Mucho before she left.
(d) Words to a song she can't remember.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the actor who will play Metzger in a pilot for a TV series?

2. Who wins the bet about the movie Oedipa and Metzger are watching while staying at the motel?

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

4. What is Oedipa worried about as she receives a letter from Mucho in Chapter 3?

5. Oedipa arrives at a German Baroque hotel in the Berkeley hills which is hosting a meeting of what organization?

(see the answer key)

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