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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Despite a lack of specific facts, what does Mike Fallopian say took place in 1864?
(a) The first military confrontation between Iran and America.
(b) The first anti-communist rally in America.
(c) The first military confrontation between Russia and America.
(d) The first secret postal service.

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

3. What is unusual about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?
(a) They won't cause cancer.
(b) They are made with bone instead of tobacco.
(c) They use bone charcoal filters.
(d) They have no filters.

4. When Mucho interviews Oedipa after she leaves Dr. Hilarius's office, what name does her call her?
(a) Edna Mosh.
(b) Oedipa Maas.
(c) His Oedy.
(d) Sweetie Pie.

5. What was the name of the author of the preface of the "Plays of Ford, Webster, Tourneur and Wharfinger," who Oedipa travels to the Cal State campus to find?
(a) Clerk Maxwell.
(b) John Nefastis.
(c) Stanley Koteks.
(d) Emory Bortz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the group as explained by the tourist wearing the lapel pin?

2. What is the huge complex surrounded by barbed-wire-topped fence, its entrance flanked by sixty-foot missiles with the name Yoyodyne, Inc. lettered on each nose cone, that Oedipa passes as she drives into San Narciso?

3. What kind of game does Metzger suggest he and Oedipa play in the motel room at Echo Courts?

4. Which of the following is NOT a place that Oedipa encountered the WASTE symbol?

5. What is striking to Oedipa about the street plan of San Narciso?

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