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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. Where does Deckard go after finding Polokov is not at work?

2. Which company makes the Nexus 6?

3. What does Deckard show Garland?

4. Who owns the Rosen corporation?

5. Who kills Garland?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Isidore symbolize for the rest of characters?

2. How does Dick present John Isidore's character?

3. How does the journey Rick takes in chapter reflect the personal journey Rick takes through the novel?

4. How does Isidore show his desperate need for both friends and company?

5. What do you think is the most important revelation in this chapter?

6. In chapter 16, do you think Rachael shows feelings that the reader could construe as human feeling?

7. What do the fact that the androids vote show about the androids?

8. In chapter 19 whose side do you think Isidore on?

9. In chapter 14 do you think Stratton shows a genuine admiration for Isidor?

10. How does Dick describe Rick's relief at surviving Polotov's onslaught?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the books theme of being programed. How does Dick represent humans being programed as well as the androids? What point does this make about reality?

Essay Topic 2

Philip K. Dick is said to be a writer existentialist fiction with Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? one of his major works.

1) What is existentialist fiction?

2) What elements of existentialist fiction can you see within the novel's structure?

3) In what ways is Rick Deckard a typical existentialist character?

Essay Topic 3

Dick is recognized as one of the great American writers from the fifties and sixties, yet Science Fiction is not always a genre people look for examples of great literature. Why do you think Dick used this genre to communicate his views? What are these views? Do think these views are more counter culture than mainstream? Do you think he could of communicated his views as openly in another genre?

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