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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bortz suggests to Oedipa that Tristero might have caused ______ simply in order to issue the Proclamation of the 9th Frimaire, An III, ending the sanctioned postal monopoly.
(a) The Bolshevik Revolution.
(b) The American Revolution.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The Black Plague.

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

3. What comments does Metzger make to Oedipa after every commercial on the TV as they watch his movie in the motel room?
(a) "Inverarity's" or "big block of shares."
(b) "I own shares in that."
(c) "I know that actress" or "I turned that one down."
(d) "I hate that product."

4. What does Metzger tell Oedipa about Beaconsfield Cigarettes?
(a) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the filter-free process.
(b) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the cancer research.
(c) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the filter process.
(d) Inverarity owned a 51% interest in the tabacco process.

5. Where does Metzger come upon the actor who plays him in the TV pilot while exploring Fangoso Lagoons?
(a) He is hiding under a roller coaster in a skin-diving suit.
(b) He is disguised as a woman.
(c) He is hiding under a tarp in a skin-diving suit.
(d) He is disguised as one of the Paranoids

Short Answer Questions

1. While wandering amongst the tourists in downtown San Francisco, Oedipa sees what on a lapel pin?

2. What is the name of the movie Metzger starred in as a child?

3. What does San Narciso remind Oedipa of as she views it from a hilltop?

4. What does Stanley Koteks ask Oedipa to look into at Yoyodyne when he thinks she is connected to the company?

5. What scientific rule does the Nefastis Machine violate?

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