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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the group want to stop for a drink?

2. What does Mini kill Sophia with?

3. What did Sophia say Kevin's cat was?

4. What does Kevin say he hopes God has left him?

5. What does Phil say Fat is as stupid as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kevin discover about Nixon in this section?

2. What did Sophia tell Kevin about his dead cat?

3. How does Eric interpret the term Buddha in the park

4. What do Phil and Fat discuss at the Sombrero Bar?

5. What does Phil dream about in this section?

6. Why do the group call themselves the Rhipidon society?

7. How does Mini's music effect David?

8. What does Eric tell Horselover Fat on the phone?

9. Who does Linda say she and Eric are?

10. What does Mini say about VALIS?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is deep religious belief often connected with mental illness? Is there evidence that Horselover Fat's search for the fifth savior is a disconnection from reality?

Essay Topic 2

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

What does Maurice make Fat see about himself? How do Maurice's words affect Fat?

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