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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The pattern of information Oedipa sees forming in Chapter 4 has to do with what?
(a) Astrology.
(b) Thermodynamics.
(c) Jacobean revenge plays.
(d) Mail delivery.

2. According to Genghis Cohen, who organized the courier service in the Bergamo region around 1290?
(a) Oliver Tass.
(b) Thurn Tassis.
(c) Omedio Tassis.
(d) Thurn Taxis.

3. What is on the island in the middle of the artificial lake at Fangoso Lagoons?
(a) A clubhouse.
(b) A European cruise ship.
(c) A European pleasure-casino.
(d) A skyscraper.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town where Oedipa and Mucho live?

2. Who does Oedipa try to call from a phone booth before she heads to the bookstore?

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

4. What did Inverarity tell Metzger about Oedipa?

5. After Oedipa has lunch with her lawyer, what does he ask her to do?

(see the answer key)

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