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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Stanley Koteks, who are the only ones who can work the Nefastis Machine?
(a) Demons.
(b) Demonstrators.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Sensitives.

3. How did Metzger know that Oedipa went to Mexico with Inverarity?
(a) Inverarity listed it as a business expense.
(b) Inverarity wrote a song about it.
(c) Inverarity listed it in his will.
(d) Inverarity wrote Metzger a letter.

4. Dr. Hilarius has a theory that faces are like what?
(a) A hallucinogenic drug.
(b) A Rorschach blot.
(c) A psychological reaction.
(d) A Freudian slip.

5. Genghis Cohen shows Oedipa a Pony Express stamp from 1940 with the _______ symbol on the back.
(a) Nefastis.
(b) Yoyodyne.
(c) Tristero.
(d) WASTE.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Oedipa give to her series of revelations?

2. Fallopian tells Metzger that what two ideas are part of the same creeping horror?

3. Metzger tells Mike Fallopian he is so right-wing that he's left-wing, and possibly a Marxist, since he is invoking the _______theory.

4. Who or what in particular does Oedipa compare herself to?

5. What is the name of the manager of the Echo Courts Motel?

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