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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 does Fred wish was in the police building?

2. Which character chokes on food?

3. What does Arctor give Connie in exchange for sex?

4. What does George show Arctor how to do?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Arctor have sex with Connie?

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

3. What does Fred see on the holoscan when he watches himself having sex with Connie?

4. What advice does Mike give Bruce?

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

6. Why does Arctor think he should kill Barris?

7. What is the Game?

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

9. What does Fred's medical report about his current condition?

10. How does Barris react to Luckman choking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A SCANNER DARKLY is part of the science fiction genre.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did the novel help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in A SCANNER DARKLY?

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

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?

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