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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oedipa ask questions about in order to play the game with Metzger?
(a) Music.
(b) Metzger.
(c) Inverarity.
(d) The movie.

2. What happens when a heavy, pale young man carrying a mail sack appears in the doorway of the bar where Oedipa and Metzger are talking to Mike Fallopian?
(a) He climbs up on the bar and starts throwing envelopes into the crowd.
(b) He starts an argument with Mike Fallopian.
(c) He yells "Fire!" and everyone runs.
(d) He climbs up on the bar, and starts shooting into the crowd.

3. What was the previous occupation of Mucho Mass?
(a) Real estate mogul.
(b) Radio station disc jockey.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Used car salesman.

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

5. Where does Stanley Koteks tell Oedipa to go instead of Berkeley after he becomes distrustful of her?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Kinneret.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) San Narciso.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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 ____________.

3. What is at the center of the intricate plot of the play Oedipa and Metzger go to see?

4. What is the name of the town where Oedipa and Mucho live?

5. What does fangoso mean in Spanish?

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