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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Oedipa try to call from a phone booth before she heads to the bookstore?
(a) Metzger.
(b) Fallopian.
(c) Mucho.
(d) Driblette.

2. How does Oedipa end up at the desk of Stanley Koteks?
(a) They are former lovers.
(b) She follows the WASTE symbols.
(c) She is directed there by voices in her head.
(d) She gets lost on a tour of Yoyodyne.

3. On a long ago trip with Pierce Inverarity, where did Oedipa see an exhibition of paintings by Remedios Varo ?
(a) Mazatlan.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Acapulco.
(d) Buenos Aires.

4. What does Mucho offer to Oedipa before they leave the pizzeria?
(a) A divorce.
(b) Money.
(c) LSD.
(d) His forgiveness.

5. When Oedipa questions him about the play, Driblette launches into a diatribe against the obsession with texts, saying people are like __________ making a literal interpretation of the Bible.
(a) Scientists.
(b) Preachers.
(c) Puritans.
(d) Priests.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the actual first name of Oedipa's husband, Mucho Maas?

2. Who is Randolph Driblette?

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

4. Dr. Hilarius's insistence that Oedipa take part in the experiment reminds Oedipa of what?

5. What happens at the climax of Oedipa and Metzger's intimate relations?

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