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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of game does Metzger suggest he and Oedipa play in the motel room at Echo Courts?
(a) A game of Botticelli cards.
(b) A game of strip poker.
(c) A game of strip Botticelli.
(d) A game of poker.

2. Mr. Thoth, a resident of the home for senior citizens, wakes from a doze and mentions to Oedipa that his grandfather rode for the ______________.
(a) Couriers.
(b) Continental Railroad.
(c) Pony Express.
(d) Cavalry.

3. Why does Oedipa return to Kinneret to see Dr. Hilarius?
(a) To tell him she longer wants to be his patient.
(b) To get hallucinogenic drugs.
(c) To see if she is suffering from psychosis.
(d) To get tranquilzers.

4. Oedipa compares the initial contact with _____________ to a performance where the costumes of historical figuration are thickly layered.
(a) The Transmissions.
(b) The Transmitters.
(c) The Tristero.
(d) The Tretero.

5. What does Mucho offer to Oedipa before they leave the pizzeria?
(a) LSD.
(b) Money.
(c) His forgiveness.
(d) A divorce.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the car after Oedipa and Metzger leave the theater, who do they hear on KCUF radio?

2. What does Metzger theorize that the members of Mike Fallopian's group would be opposed to?

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

4. What choice does Oedipa make in regard to Dr. Hilarius, even though she recognizes there will never be a way to know if she is cured?

5. What is Stanley Koteks doodling when Oedipa comes up to his desk?

(see the answer key)

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