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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 Fred watch Arctor in bed with?

2. What does Ellen suggest Fred use?

3. What do the two men tell Fred are competing with each other in his brain?

4. What does Barris want to use to smuggle hash over the border?

5. How is Carl related to the woman in the locksmith's?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Arctor have sex with Connie?

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

4. Why is Arctor called Bruce in this chapter?

5. What is Donna's substitute for sexual relations?

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

7. What is the story of Faust?

8. How does Barris react to Luckman choking?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dick's view of future earth is what is called a dystopian vision. Discuss what is meant by dystopian? How does Dick show his dystopian vision in his settings and characters?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What kind of person does an undercover cop need to be? Why does Bob Arctor not make a successful undercover cop?

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