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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. What is the hash laced with?

2. What does Freck try to overdose on?

3. Who does Fred watch Arctor in bed with?

4. What does Freck see while on the psychedelics?

5. What were the people using to pick up the microdots?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the difference between Arctor as an informant and Barris as an informant?

4. Why does Arctor think he should kill Barris?

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

6. Why are the hemphisperes similar to hands?

7. What is the story of Faust?

8. What does Arctor tell Luckman he saw when he drove by the Maylar Microdot Corporation Building?

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

10. What advice does Mike give Bruce?

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

Dick writes A SCANNER DARKLY in the third person. Why do you think Dick chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if Dick wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following and examine how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express characters and themes:

1) Setting

2) Point of view

3) Structure

4) Language

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