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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Oedipa tell Dr. Hilarius that she doesn't trust?
(a) Pills nor psycho babble.
(b) Mucho.
(c) God.
(d) Pills nor the doctor.

3. As she prepares to play a game with Metzger, what begins careening around the bathroom of Oedipa's motel room at Echo Courts?
(a) A can of hairspray.
(b) A can of mace.
(c) A can of deodorant.
(d) A can of propane.

4. What is striking to Oedipa about the street plan of San Narciso?
(a) They remind her of home.
(b) The street signs spell out a message.
(c) They look confusing to drive.
(d) They contain a concealed message.

5. Dr. Hilarius protests that if he had been a real Nazi he would have become a Jungian. Instead, he chose to follow __________.
(a) Hitler
(b) Maslov
(c) Marx
(d) Freud

Short Answer Questions

1. Oedipa goes to Zapf's Used Books to buy a copy of what book?

2. After finding a copy of Plays of Ford, Webster, Tourneur and Wharfinger, Oedipa discovers a note that says "trystero" may be derived from the Italian word "triste." What does this word mean?

3. What is Oedipa worried about as she receives a letter from Mucho in Chapter 3?

4. 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.

5. What reaction does Oedipa have to what Inverarity said about her to Metzger?

(see the answer key)

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