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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mucho's boss, Funch, says Mucho is losing his identity and becoming more ________.
(a) Funny
(b) Sad
(c) Erratic
(d) Generic

3. Despite a lack of specific facts, what does Mike Fallopian say took place in 1864?
(a) The first military confrontation between Russia and America.
(b) The first military confrontation between Iran and America.
(c) The first secret postal service.
(d) The first anti-communist rally in America.

4. As Oedipa drives to Berkeley to find the source text for the Jacobean revenge play, she misses the exit to where?
(a) Kinneret.
(b) The hotel.
(c) The wharf.
(d) The Bay Bridge.

5. Fallopian tells Metzger that what two ideas are part of the same creeping horror?
(a) Industrial capitalism and Communism.
(b) Democracy and Industrial capitalism.
(c) Communism and Marxism.
(d) Industrial capitalism and Marxism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens at the climax of Oedipa and Metzger's intimate relations?

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

4. What does Oedipa ask questions about in order to play the game with Metzger?

5. Who does Oedipa find in a pseudo-Mexican apartment building in Berkeley?

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