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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Genghis Cohen claims that the stamp, which depicts a Pony Express rider galloping out of a western fort into a black feather, is what?
(a) Priceless.
(b) Counterfeit.
(c) Rare.
(d) Extinct.

2. What is the occupation of Mucho Maas?
(a) Used car salesman.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Radio station disc jockey.
(d) Real estate mogul.

3. Oedipa compares the initial contact with _____________ to a performance where the costumes of historical figuration are thickly layered.
(a) The Transmissions.
(b) The Tristero.
(c) The Transmitters.
(d) The Tretero.

4. What happens when a heavy, pale young man carrying a mail sack appears in the doorway of the bar where Oedipa and Metzger are talking to Mike Fallopian?
(a) He climbs up on the bar, and starts shooting into the crowd.
(b) He climbs up on the bar and starts throwing envelopes into the crowd.
(c) He yells "Fire!" and everyone runs.
(d) He starts an argument with Mike Fallopian.

5. Who is the television character that Oedipa's lawyer is writing about?
(a) Perry Mason.
(b) Ben Matlock.
(c) JR Ewing.
(d) Tyler Perry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Metzger tells Mike Fallopian he is so right-wing that he's left-wing, and possibly a Marxist, since he is invoking the _______theory.

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

3. Who is Randolph Driblette?

4. Who accompanies Oedipa and Metzger to Fangoso Lagoons for the day?

5. What is the name of the bar that Oedipa and Metzger go to near the Yoyodyne plant?

(see the answer key)

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