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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Metzger ask Oedipa to bet on in Chapter 2?
(a) The name of the other actor in the movie.
(b) What Inverarity said about her.
(c) What his acting name was.
(d) What will happen in the movie they are watching.

2. Why does Oedipa return to Kinneret to see Dr. Hilarius?
(a) To tell him she longer wants to be his patient.
(b) To get hallucinogenic drugs.
(c) To see if she is suffering from psychosis.
(d) To get tranquilzers.

3. Who does Oedipa find in a pseudo-Mexican apartment building in Berkeley?
(a) John Nefastis.
(b) Emory Bortz.
(c) Randolph Driblette.
(d) Clerk Maxwell.

4. What kind of music is played at the bar near the Yoyodyne plant?
(a) Electronic.
(b) Classical.
(c) Alternative.
(d) Country.

5. As the novel begins, Mrs. Oedipa Maas arrives home from where?
(a) A psychiatrist appointment.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A Tupperware party.
(d) A bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Oedipa visits Genghis Cohen for the first time, what does he give her to drink?

2. Genghis Cohen shows Oedipa an old German stamp with Thurn and Taxis printed on it which has a special symbol in each corner. He suggests that the extra mark on the symbol is a ______.

3. What does Oedipa use to fend off the advances of the manager of the Echo Courts Motel?

4. Metzger objects that if Mike Fallopian's hero was anti-Communist he could not also be against ______________.

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

(see the answer key)

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