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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Oedipa end up at the desk of Stanley Koteks?
(a) They are former lovers.
(b) She is directed there by voices in her head.
(c) She follows the WASTE symbols.
(d) She gets lost on a tour of Yoyodyne.

2. Genghis Cohen told Oedipa, during their discussion about the meanings behind the stamps, that he had never heard of an _______ year tradition of postal fraud.
(a) 900.
(b) 800.
(c) 600.
(d) 100.

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

4. Oedipa protests to Metzger at the end of the play that she's Republican, and she's not motivated by a desire to right wrongs, but simply by ____________.
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Contentment.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Currency.

5. What kind of game does Metzger suggest he and Oedipa play in the motel room at Echo Courts?
(a) A game of poker.
(b) A game of strip poker.
(c) A game of strip Botticelli.
(d) A game of Botticelli cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mucho advise Oedipa to do after she shows him the letter regarding Pierce Inverarity?

2. What is on the huge sign advertising the Echo Courts Motel?

3. What is on the island in the middle of the artificial lake at Fangoso Lagoons?

4. What is the occupation of Mucho Maas?

5. In her investigations in Chapter 4, Oedipa goes to what kind of meeting at Yoyodyne?

(see the answer key)

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