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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Oedipa meets Mike Fallopian for the second time, he tells her it is difficult to find documentary proof of what?
(a) The Second Law of Thermodynamics.
(b) Acts of true kindness.
(c) Attacks on mail carriers.
(d) The Trystero.

2. What name does Oedipa give to her series of revelations?
(a) The Tretero.
(b) The Transmissions.
(c) The Tristero.
(d) The Transmitter.

3. Genghis Cohen shows Oedipa an old German stamp with Thurn and Taxis printed on it which has a special symbol in each corner. He suggests that the extra mark on the symbol is a ______.
(a) Moat.
(b) Mute.
(c) Flute.
(d) Foul.

4. Oedipa's hotel room in the Berkeley hills contains a reproduction of whose painting?
(a) Reynoldo Vanos.
(b) Vincent Van Gogh.
(c) Remedios Varo.
(d) Picasso.

5. What is in the pond at the center of Fangoso Lagoons?
(a) Fragments of missiles with the name Yoyodyne, Inc. lettered on each nose cone.
(b) Fragments of sunken galleons and Atlantean columns.
(c) Famous fountains coming out of sunken ships.
(d) Fragments of old Disney Land rides.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Oedipa questions him about the play, Driblette launches into a diatribe against the obsession with texts, saying people are like __________ making a literal interpretation of the Bible.

2. What is the name of the bar that Oedipa and Metzger go to near the Yoyodyne plant?

3. What is on the huge sign advertising the Echo Courts Motel?

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

(see the answer key)

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