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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. Who does Barris dismiss a call from?

2. What is the name of the girl Bruce speaks to in the kitchen?

3. What is the name of the girl Arctor brings back to have sex with?

4. What does Donna say she and Mike have created by setting up Arctor?

5. What does Freck do when he thinks about all his friends who are junkies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Barris dismiss a call from one of Arctor's creditors?

3. What artifacts does Freck decide to leave behind when he commits suicide?

4. How does Barris react to Luckman choking?

5. Why is Arctor called Bruce in this chapter?

6. Why is Fred going to be paid less in his next month's salary?

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

8. What does Fred think about Arctor in Chapter 12?

9. Why does Arctor have sex with Connie?

10. What is the story of Faust?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare drug research in the 1970s to drug research today. How would the book's depiction of drugs change if Dick wrote it today?

Essay Topic 2

Dick wrote A SCANNER DARKLY in the 1970s, but set it in 1994. Do you think it is an accurate portrayal of the future? What happened in the 1970s that suggested the future would evolve in that way?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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