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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 fangoso mean in Spanish?
(a) Swanky.
(b) Swampy.
(c) Famous.
(d) Fan dance.

2. When Oedipa returns to the bar near the Yoyodyne plant, who does she find surrounded by women and dressed in army fatigues as if he were a guerrilla leader?
(a) Miles.
(b) Mucho.
(c) Metzger.
(d) Mike Fallopian.

3. How many errors did Genghis Cohen find in the stamp collection Oedipa showed him?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Nine.

4. What is the name of Dr. Hilarius' s face number 37, which is the face children often use for taunting?
(a) Fraidycat.
(b) Fu-Manchu.
(c) Nannynana.
(d) Fu-Mucho.

5. What is the reason for Tony Jaguar's lawsuit against Pierce Inverarity?
(a) He claims that Inveraity made false statement about him.
(b) He claims that he was never paid for a shipment of drugs.
(c) He claims Inverarity never gave him a shipment for which he had paid in advance.
(d) He claims that he was never paid for a shipment of bones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Oedipa's lawyer?

2. After thinking about Inverarity for the afternoon in Chapter 1, what does Oedipa suddenly remember?

3. What reaction does Oedipa have to what Inverarity said about her to Metzger?

4. According to Genghis Cohen, who organized the courier service in the Bergamo region around 1290?

5. How did Metzger know that Oedipa went to Mexico with Inverarity?

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