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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 Deckard want in exchange for falsifying the test results?

2. What kind of animal does Resch own?

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

4. What does Eldon ask Deckard to do?

5. What does Borogrove tell Isidore the cat really is?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 11 what does the fact Resch believes he could be an android show about Dick's post war society?

2. In what way does the class system reflect the book's theme of blurring the lines between real and artificial?

3. What does the way Stratton eats Isidore's food show about her androids?

4. In what way is Rick despair different to his wife's?

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

6. In chapter 12 why do you think Luft is interested in Munch's Puberty?

7. What does the empathy show about the high regard people hold animal life?

8. In chapter 18 why do you think Isidore is happy?

9. What does Buster's crippling broadcast schedule say about him as a person?

10. In chapter 20 what is the significance of Rachael killing his goat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

On what occasions in the novel does Rachael display an emotion that could be construed as human? Take one example and discuss its impact on the novel's overall message? Do the android's have a part to play in Philip K. Dick's world? Can humans and androids have meaningful relationships?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Rick Deckard is the main character of the the book, but the point of view switches between him and John Isidore.

1) Look at the differences between these two characters? Do they share any similarities Why do you think Dick uses two such different main characters.

2) What do you think would happen if John Isidore was taken out of the story? Would it be much different?

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