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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Genghis Cohen claims that the stamp, which depicts a Pony Express rider galloping out of a western fort into a black feather, is what?
(a) Rare.
(b) Counterfeit.
(c) Extinct.
(d) Priceless.

2. When Oedipa meets Mike Fallopian for the second time, he tells her it is difficult to find documentary proof of what?
(a) Attacks on mail carriers.
(b) Acts of true kindness.
(c) The Second Law of Thermodynamics.
(d) The Trystero.

3. What is the actual first name of Oedipa's husband, Mucho Maas?
(a) Wendell.
(b) Perry.
(c) Walter.
(d) Pierce.

4. What does Oedipa see scribbled on the wall of the ladies' room at the bar she is in with Metzger and Mike Fallopian?
(a) The WASTE symbol.
(b) The Tressero symbol.
(c) The Postal symbol.
(d) The Pynchon symbol.

5. What does Oedipa tell Dr. Hilarius that she doesn't trust?
(a) Pills nor the doctor.
(b) Pills nor psycho babble.
(c) God.
(d) Mucho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does fangoso mean in Spanish?

2. Mr. Thoth, a resident of the home for senior citizens, wakes from a doze and mentions to Oedipa that his grandfather rode for the ______________.

3. After Oedipa has lunch with her lawyer, what does he ask her to do?

4. What does Driblette tell Oedipa he found at Zapf's Used Books?

5. Oedipa goes to Zapf's Used Books to buy a copy of what book?

(see the answer key)

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