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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mucho's boss, Funch, says Mucho is losing his identity and becoming more ________.
(a) Sad
(b) Erratic
(c) Funny
(d) Generic

2. Who does Dr. Hilarius think the police are when they come to his clinic?
(a) CIA.
(b) Thurn and Taxis agents.
(c) Israelis.
(d) Tristero agents.

3. What did Inverarity tell Metzger about Oedipa?
(a) He said she would be easy.
(b) He said she would have an easy time being executor.
(c) He said she was easy to talk to.
(d) He said she wouldn't be easy.

4. What is at the center of the intricate plot of the play Oedipa and Metzger go to see?
(a) American GI's who perished during World War II.
(b) Corruption throughout the Holy Roman Empire.
(c) A postal monopoly throughout the Holy Roman Empire.
(d) Trouble with the leadership of the local mafia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Oedipa dream about as she sleeps in the hotel in Berkeley?

2. What does Metzger ask Oedipa to bet on in Chapter 2?

3. What does San Narciso remind Oedipa of as she views it from a hilltop?

4. In Chapter 5, it is explained that the equations for the entropy of heat-engines coincidentally resemble the equations for what?

5. When Oedipa goes backstage, Driblette tells her that words are like what?

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