View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mike's job at New-Path?

2. What does Arctor ask Barris if he can borrow?

3. Why does Freck leave Arctor's house?

4. Where does Arctor walk to?

5. Which part of the brain provides back up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Donna make up with Arctor?

2. What is the Game?

3. What do Arctor and his roommates say about Donna?

4. In what way can the reader see Connie as a pitiful character?

5. Why does Donna claim she does not have sex with anyone?

6. What is Arctor's excuse to the locksmith for his awful behavior on the phone?

7. What story does Bruce tell Thelma?

8. How is Arctor's car radio different from Barris' car radio?

9. What does Barris tell Hank and Fred about Arctor's recent behavior?

10. What do the women tell Fred in the cafeteria?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1970s? How does Dick express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Dick's representations of the following areas and decide how close Dick's representations are to the real thing and how Dick makes his representations seem and feel real:

1) Drug addiction

2) Undercover police work

3) Drug dealing

Essay Topic 3

Examine Dick's writing style. How would you describe Dick's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Dick's style give to the story?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 656 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample