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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a letter from a legal firm, what does Pierce Inverarity request Oedipa do for him?
(a) Inherit his estate.
(b) Be sole proprietor for his business.
(c) Be godmother to his children.
(d) Be executor of his estate.

2. What happens when Oedipa returns to her hotel in Berkeley?
(a) She sleeps wtih John Nefastis.
(b) A young man waltzes her around the ballroom.
(c) She finds Mucho waiting in her room.
(d) She sees the ghost of Inverarity.

3. Metzger objects that if Mike Fallopian's hero was anti-Communist he could not also be against ______________.
(a) Industrial capitalism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Postal service.
(d) Marxism.

4. When Mucho interviews Oedipa after she leaves Dr. Hilarius's office, what name does her call her?
(a) His Oedy.
(b) Sweetie Pie.
(c) Edna Mosh.
(d) Oedipa Maas.

5. What does San Narciso remind Oedipa of as she views it from a hilltop?
(a) Her hometown of Kinneret.
(b) A circuit card she once saw in a transistor radio.
(c) The song "I Want to Kiss Your Feet."
(d) A postcard of San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mucho advise Oedipa to do after she shows him the letter regarding Pierce Inverarity?

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

3. Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Inverarity resembles the plot of a Jacobean revenge play entitled ______________.

4. Genghis Cohen shows Oedipa a Pony Express stamp from 1940 with the _______ symbol on the back.

5. What does Oedipa see scribbled on the wall of the ladies' room at the bar she is in with Metzger and Mike Fallopian?

(see the answer key)

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