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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 do the medical officers ask Fred to give them?

2. What does George show Arctor how to do?

3. Which part of the brain provides back up?

4. What does the poem say the worm crawls through?

5. What part of the brain is most dominant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Freck hallucinate?

4. Why are the hemphisperes similar to hands?

5. How does Barris react to Luckman choking?

6. What does Fred see Barris doing with mushrooms?

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

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

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

10. Why does Arctor have sex with Connie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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