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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 Arctor give Connie in exchange for sex?

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

3. What does Arctor say will linger in his heart forever?

4. What does Barris want to smuggle across the border?

5. What does Freck try to overdose on?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What story does Bruce tell Thelma?

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

4. What does Fred see Barris doing with mushrooms?

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

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

7. What is the Game?

8. Why are the hemphisperes similar to hands?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is it important that drug addiction is addressed by someone who has experienced it? Do you think America has ever seriously addressed people like Dick's views on drugs?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the characters in the book and compare him/her to their character in the film A SCANNER DARKLY. What similarities does the character in the film share with its counterpart in the novel? How do the filmmakers update the character for a more modern audience? Why are these changes necessary?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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