1. What song do the Paranoids play for Oedipa and Metzger the first night in the motel?
(a) Serenity.
(b) Serenade.
(c) Serenada.
(d) Serene.

2. What are the members of Mike Fallopian's group required to do each week?
(a) Send one secret coded message or get fined.
(b) Make one meeting or get fined.
(c) Send one letter or get fined.
(d) Make one announcement or get fined.

3. Mr. Thoth, a resident of the home for senior citizens, wakes from a doze and mentions to Oedipa that his grandfather rode for the ______________.
(a) Pony Express.
(b) Couriers.
(c) Cavalry.
(d) Continental Railroad.

4. Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Inverarity resembles the plot of a Jacobean revenge play entitled ______________.
(a) The Court's Tragedy.
(b) The Court's Revenge.
(c) The Courier's Tragic Story.
(d) The Courier's Tragedy.

5. In Chapter 4, who does Oedipa tell Stanley Koteks she is?
(a) A design engineer.
(b) A patent inspector.
(c) A stockholder.
(d) A board member.

Short Answer Questions

1. Genghis Cohen shows Oedipa an old German stamp with Thurn and Taxis printed on it which has a special symbol in each corner. He suggests that the extra mark on the symbol is a ______.

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

3. Oedipa compares the initial contact with _____________ to a performance where the costumes of historical figuration are thickly layered.

4. What type of business is Hogan's Seraglio in downtown San Narciso?

5. As Oedipa parks her car at the Echo Courts, what idea does she remember?

(see the answer key)

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