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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. Why does Bryant promote Deckard to head bounty hunter?

2. What does the woman admit her real name is?

3. What is the name of the police officer who interrogates Deckard?

4. What does the weather report talk about?

5. How much is Deckard quoted for an electric Ostrich?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Rick's sheep symbolize denial of the artificiality of his life?

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

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

4. Describe Isidore's workplace and its role in society.

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

6. How has Rick and Iran different from how they were at the beginning of the book?

7. What does Rick's attitude towards Rachael show about his character

8. What does Rick's determination to buy an Ostrich show about his character?

9. In what way in this chapter does Dick blur the lines between real and artificial?

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

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

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 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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