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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will Oedipa have revelations about as she completes her task for Pierce Inverarity?
(a) Her marriage.
(b) Life after death.
(c) The meaning of life.
(d) A magical presence.

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

3. After receiving Inverarity's letter, which of the following does Oedipa NOT do for the afternoon?
(a) Mix cocktails.
(b) Work in her garden.
(c) Read book reviews.
(d) Call friends.

4. 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 ____________.
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Currency.
(d) Contentment.

5. Which of the following is NOT a place that Oedipa encountered the WASTE symbol?
(a) A message in a fortune cookie.
(b) An herbalist's window in Chinatown.
(c) Gang jackets of delinquents at the city beach.
(d) Written in chalk on a sidewalk.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Genghis Cohen, who organized the courier service in the Bergamo region around 1290?

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

3. What is the name of the actor who will play Metzger in a pilot for a TV series?

4. Who does Oedipa find in a pseudo-Mexican apartment building in Berkeley?

5. In a letter from a legal firm, what does Pierce Inverarity request Oedipa do for him?

(see the answer key)

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