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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many errors did Genghis Cohen find in the stamp collection Oedipa showed him?
(a) Nine.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

3. What is the name of Oedipa's lawyer?
(a) Rutherford.
(b) Rothman.
(c) Roseman.
(d) Rutgers.

4. What kind of experiment does Dr. Hilarius want Oedipa to take part in?
(a) An experiment in which hallucinogenic drugs are given to housewives.
(b) An experiment in which hallucinogenic drugs are given to monkeys.
(c) An experiment in which birth control drugs are given to housewives.
(d) An experiment in which vitamins are given to housewives.

5. When Oedipa goes backstage, Driblette tells her that words are like what?
(a) Bones that must be buried.
(b) Flesh that must be given life.
(c) Flesh that must be buried.
(d) Bones that must be given life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Oedipa try to call from a phone booth before she heads to the bookstore?

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

4. Funch, Mucho's boss, accuses him of what in his interactions with people at work?

5. In her investigations in Chapter 4, Oedipa goes to what kind of meeting at Yoyodyne?

(see the answer key)

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