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

2. 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.
(a) Preachers.
(b) Priests.
(c) Puritans.
(d) Scientists.

3. Who does Oedipa tell Stanley Koteks sent her to him as she comes upon him doodling at his desk at Yoyodyne?
(a) Thune.
(b) Kelly.
(c) John.
(d) Kirby.

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

5. Who is Randolph Driblette?
(a) Leader of the Peter Pinguid Society.
(b) Author of the Jacobean revenge play.
(c) Director of the Jacobean revenge play.
(d) Leader of the Paranoids.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what name did Metzger perform when he was a child actor?

2. In a letter from a legal firm, what does Pierce Inverarity request Oedipa do for him?

3. What comments does Metzger make to Oedipa after every commercial on the TV as they watch his movie in the motel room?

4. What kind of game does Metzger suggest he and Oedipa play in the motel room at Echo Courts?

5. Who does Oedipa dream about as she sleeps in the hotel in Berkeley?

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