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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After arriving at Dr. Hilarius's clinic, Oedipa is told what by the doctor's assistant?
(a) He is head of the WASTE organization.
(b) He has gone crazy.
(c) He is moving to China.
(d) He is in love with Oedipa.

2. 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) Hitler
(c) Freud
(d) Maslov

3. After finding a copy of Plays of Ford, Webster, Tourneur and Wharfinger, Oedipa discovers a note that says "trystero" may be derived from the Italian word "triste." What does this word mean?
(a) Mysterious.
(b) Depraved.
(c) Deadly.
(d) Third.

4. What does fangoso mean in Spanish?
(a) Swampy.
(b) Swanky.
(c) Fan dance.
(d) Famous.

5. Where does Metzger come upon the actor who plays him in the TV pilot while exploring Fangoso Lagoons?
(a) He is disguised as a woman.
(b) He is disguised as one of the Paranoids
(c) He is hiding under a tarp in a skin-diving suit.
(d) He is hiding under a roller coaster in a skin-diving suit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mucho's boss, Funch, says Mucho is losing his identity and becoming more ________.

2. What does Metzger tell Oedipa about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?

3. How many errors did Genghis Cohen find in the stamp collection Oedipa showed him?

4. Metzger tells Mike Fallopian he is so right-wing that he's left-wing, and possibly a Marxist, since he is invoking the _______theory.

5. As she prepares to play a game with Metzger, what begins careening around the bathroom of Oedipa's motel room at Echo Courts?

(see the answer key)

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