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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanies Oedipa and Metzger to Fangoso Lagoons for the day?
(a) Richard Wharfinger.
(b) Mucho Maas.
(c) Mike Fallopian and his girlfriend.
(d) The Paranoids and their girlfriends.

2. What type of business is Hogan's Seraglio in downtown San Narciso?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A resturant.
(c) A nightclub.
(d) A Turkish bath.

3. Dr. Hilarius protests that if he had been a real Nazi he would have become a Jungian. Instead, he chose to follow __________.
(a) Marx
(b) Freud
(c) Maslov
(d) Hitler

4. What does Oedipa see on an airmail stamp with a jet flying by the Capital dome that is on the letter the old drunk asks her to mail?
(a) A WASTE symbol on the plane.
(b) A dead badger on top of the dome.
(c) A suspicious black figure on top of the dome.
(d) A suspicious black figure flying the plane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of music is played at the bar near the Yoyodyne plant?

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

3. Who saves Oedipa, Metzger and their friends after they are stranded on the island in the middle of Fangoso Lagoons?

4. Oedipa has a conversation in a bar with the wearer of the lapel pin, and he tells her he is a member of what group?

5. 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 ____________.

(see the answer key)

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