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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Metzger complain about when Oedipa tells him she is going backstage after the play?
(a) Bad acting.
(b) Long lines.
(c) Liberated women.
(d) Boring plays.

2. As Mucho and Oedipa eat at a pizzeria, what does Mucho notice about one violin heard on the Muzak playing in the restaurant?
(a) The C string is out of tune.
(b) The bass is too low.
(c) The bass is too high.
(d) The E string is tuned too sharp.

3. As Oedipa walks around the college campus in Chapter 5, she realizes her education made her what?
(a) Unfit for this world.
(b) Unfit for being a sensitive.
(c) Unfit for deciphering texts.
(d) Unfit for protests.

4. Who does Oedipa dream about as she sleeps in the hotel in Berkeley?
(a) Metzger.
(b) Inverarity.
(c) Mucho.
(d) Driblette.

5. What are the members of Mike Fallopian's group required to do each week?
(a) Send one secret coded message or get fined.
(b) Send one letter or get fined.
(c) Make one announcement or get fined.
(d) Make one meeting or get fined.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason for Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Pierce Inverarity?

2. What do the members of Mike Fallopian's group use on the sly?

3. Oedipa arrives at a German Baroque hotel in the Berkeley hills which is hosting a meeting of what organization?

4. Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Inverarity resembles the plot of a Jacobean revenge play entitled ______________.

5. Who does Dr. Hilarius think the police are when they come to his clinic?

(see the answer key)

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