1. Dr. Hilarius has a theory that faces are like what?
(a) A Rorschach blot.
(b) A hallucinogenic drug.
(c) A Freudian slip.
(d) A psychological reaction.

2. What happens when Oedipa returns to her hotel in Berkeley?
(a) She finds Mucho waiting in her room.
(b) She sees the ghost of Inverarity.
(c) A young man waltzes her around the ballroom.
(d) She sleeps wtih John Nefastis.

3. What is Stanley Koteks doodling when Oedipa comes up to his desk?
(a) The symbol of a cancelled postmark.
(b) The sign of the muted post horn.
(c) The sign of the Triads.
(d) The Yoyodyne symbol.

4. Who does Oedipa dream about as she sleeps in the hotel in Berkeley?
(a) Driblette.
(b) Mucho.
(c) Metzger.
(d) Inverarity.

5. What kind of experiment does Dr. Hilarius want Oedipa to take part in?
(a) An experiment in which hallucinogenic drugs are given to housewives.
(b) An experiment in which vitamins are given to housewives.
(c) An experiment in which birth control drugs are given to housewives.
(d) An experiment in which hallucinogenic drugs are given to monkeys.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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 ______.

2. Why does Oedipa return to Kinneret to see Dr. Hilarius?

3. What does Mucho advise Oedipa to do after she shows him the letter regarding Pierce Inverarity?

4. What scientific rule does the Nefastis Machine violate?

5. As Oedipa parks her car at the Echo Courts, what idea does she remember?

(see the answer key)

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