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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Metzger objects that if Mike Fallopian's hero was anti-Communist he could not also be against ______________.
(a) Postal service.
(b) Industrial capitalism.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Democracy.

2. What does the Nefastis Machine do?
(a) Create Nuclear warheads.
(b) Create thermodynamics.
(c) Sort hot and cold molecules.
(d) Sort postal symbols.

3. 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) Pony Express.
(c) Continental Railroad.
(d) Cavalry.

4. What is the name of the manager of the Echo Courts Motel?
(a) Mike.
(b) Milton.
(c) Miles.
(d) Metzger.

5. In the time period that brought the creation of The Tristero organization, what was the name of the organization that ran the sanctioned mail routes?
(a) Orange Brigade.
(b) Thurn and Taxis.
(c) Committee of Eighteen.
(d) WASTE.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town where Oedipa and Mucho live?

2. When Oedipa calls Emory Bortz, what does his wife Grace tell her Bortz is doing at the moment?

3. What does fangoso mean in Spanish?

4. What does Oedipa see scribbled on the wall of the ladies' room at the bar she is in with Metzger and Mike Fallopian?

5. Oedipa compares the initial contact with _____________ to a performance where the costumes of historical figuration are thickly layered.

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