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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The pattern of information Oedipa sees forming in Chapter 4 has to do with what?
(a) Mail delivery.
(b) Jacobean revenge plays.
(c) Thermodynamics.
(d) Astrology.

2. Mr. Thoth pulls a gold signet ring with the ________ symbol out of his knitting bag, which he says his grandfather cut from the finger of an Indian he had killed.
(a) Trystero.
(b) Nefastis.
(c) WASTE.
(d) Yoyodyne.

3. Dr. Hilarius's insistence that Oedipa take part in the experiment reminds Oedipa of what?
(a) Military recruiting posters with Uncle Sam.
(b) Military recruiting posters with a marine.
(c) Her father's poster collection.
(d) Her Uncle Sal.

4. What does Mucho Maas suffer from on a regular basis?
(a) Migraines.
(b) A crisis of conscience.
(c) A crisis of sadness.
(d) Acute consciousness.

5. In her investigations in Chapter 4, Oedipa goes to what kind of meeting at Yoyodyne?
(a) Stockholders.
(b) Design.
(c) Patents.
(d) Board.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the theater where Metzger and Oedipa see the Jacobean revenge play?

2. In Chapter 4, who does Oedipa tell Stanley Koteks she is?

3. What is the name of the group that Mike Fallopian talks about to Oedipa and Metzger?

4. 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.

5. What song do the Paranoids play for Oedipa and Metzger the first night in the motel?

(see the answer key)

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