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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Oedipa find at an all-night Mexican diner in San Francisco?
(a) Grace Bortz.
(b) Randolph Driblette.
(c) Jesus Arrabal.
(d) John Nefastis.

2. Oedipa drives around the freeway at night without her lights on, and then ends up in a phone booth calling which bar in San Francisco?
(a) The Geek Way.
(b) The Greek Way.
(c) The Accidental Meeting.
(d) The Scope.

3. Oedipa arrives at a German Baroque hotel in the Berkeley hills which is hosting a meeting of what organization?
(a) California Chapter of the American Deaf-Mute Assembly.
(b) California Chapter of the American Hearing-impaired Assembly.
(c) California Chapter of the American Scientist Assembly.
(d) California Chapter of the American Blind Assembly.

4. In Chapter 5, it is explained that the equations for the entropy of heat-engines coincidentally resemble the equations for what?
(a) Coincidence.
(b) Communication.
(c) Control.
(d) Combustion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Dr. Hilarius' s face number 37, which is the face children often use for taunting?

2. How did Oedipa know Pierce Inverarity?

3. A young female graduate student reveals to Oedipa that ________ drowned himself in the Pacific Ocean two days ago.

4. In the time period that brought the creation of The Tristero organization, what was the name of the organization that ran the sanctioned mail routes?

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

(see the answer key)

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