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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, it is explained that the equations for the entropy of heat-engines coincidentally resemble the equations for what?
(a) Coincidence.
(b) Combustion.
(c) Control.
(d) Communication.

2. When Oedipa calls Emory Bortz, what does his wife Grace tell her Bortz is doing at the moment?
(a) Pouring a patio.
(b) Pouring drinks.
(c) Writing.
(d) Killing their children.

3. What does Oedipa tell Dr. Hilarius that she doesn't trust?
(a) Pills nor the doctor.
(b) Mucho.
(c) Pills nor psycho babble.
(d) God.

4. A young female graduate student reveals to Oedipa that ________ drowned himself in the Pacific Ocean two days ago.
(a) Metzger.
(b) Inverarity.
(c) Driblette.
(d) Nefastis.

5. What does Driblette tell Oedipa he found at Zapf's Used Books?
(a) A copy of the Bible.
(b) An anthology entitled Jacobean Revenge Plays.
(c) An anthology entitled Real Revenge Plays.
(d) A copy of the Trystero.

Short Answer Questions

1. As she prepares to play a game with Metzger, what begins careening around the bathroom of Oedipa's motel room at Echo Courts?

2. When Mucho interviews Oedipa after she leaves Dr. Hilarius's office, what name does her call her?

3. Dr. Hilarius protests that if he had been a real Nazi he would have become a Jungian. Instead, he chose to follow __________.

4. Despite a lack of specific facts, what does Mike Fallopian say took place in 1864?

5. Bortz hands Oedipa an ancient book about the _________ travels of Dr. Diocletian Blobb.

(see the answer key)

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