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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the bar that Oedipa and Metzger go to near the Yoyodyne plant?
(a) The Scuttle.
(b) The Scoop.
(c) The Sound.
(d) The Scope.

2. Fallopian tells Metzger that what two ideas are part of the same creeping horror?
(a) Democracy and Industrial capitalism.
(b) Industrial capitalism and Communism.
(c) Industrial capitalism and Marxism.
(d) Communism and Marxism.

3. Where does Genghis Cohen want to send several of the stamps he is reviewing for Oedipa?
(a) University of California.
(b) An Expert Committee.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) A Stamp Expo.

4. Metzger objects that if Mike Fallopian's hero was anti-Communist he could not also be against ______________.
(a) Marxism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Postal service.
(d) Industrial capitalism.

5. What is unusual about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?
(a) They use bone charcoal filters.
(b) They won't cause cancer.
(c) They are made with bone instead of tobacco.
(d) They have no filters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On a long ago trip with Pierce Inverarity, where did Oedipa see an exhibition of paintings by Remedios Varo ?

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

4. How did Metzger know that Oedipa went to Mexico with Inverarity?

5. What is Fangoso Lagoons?

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