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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the town where Oedipa and Mucho live?
(a) Kinneret.
(b) Kismet.
(c) Kenney.
(d) McKenney.

2. What is the name of the actor who will play Metzger in a pilot for a TV series?
(a) Manic Depresso.
(b) Marvin Di Pizario.
(c) Manny Di Presso.
(d) Maas De Presso.

3. Genghis Cohen shows Oedipa a Pony Express stamp from 1940 with the _______ symbol on the back.
(a) Yoyodyne.
(b) WASTE.
(c) Nefastis.
(d) Tristero.

4. What is striking to Oedipa about the street plan of San Narciso?
(a) They look confusing to drive.
(b) They contain a concealed message.
(c) The street signs spell out a message.
(d) They remind her of home.

5. What is the name of the group that Mike Fallopian talks about to Oedipa and Metzger?
(a) Pete Seger Society.
(b) Peter Pinguid Society.
(c) Disgruntled.
(d) Civil War Civilians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pierce Inverarity was a _____________?

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

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

4. What happens when a heavy, pale young man carrying a mail sack appears in the doorway of the bar where Oedipa and Metzger are talking to Mike Fallopian?

5. Where does Genghis Cohen want to send several of the stamps he is reviewing for Oedipa?

(see the answer key)

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