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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of animal does the salesman claim stays loyal?
2. What did androids start their life as?
3. What does Isidore manage to capture in his apartment?
4. What does Rachel decide to do to Rachel?
5. What does Resch offer to give Deckard when he is dead?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Eldon Rosen is head of the Rosen Co-operation and the creator of the Nexus 6 model. What do you think Eldon's character represents? Does Dick represent his character as negative or positive? What does the portrayal say about Dick's views as a writer?
Essay Topic 2
While Dick writes about a future world he takes elements and even generic conventions from other genre's. For example the main character Rick Deckard has the lonely and cynical view of a private eye from a Ray Chandler novel
1) What other generic conventions does Dick use in the novel? Are they merely homages?
2) In which ways do you think the future setting of the novel changes the meaning of any generic conventions Dick uses?
Essay Topic 3
The novel takes place during a short, but unspecified time period.
1) What do think is the time scale of the book? How does it affect the atmosphere of the novel?
2) How much can the reader get to know the characters in such a short time? For example has the reader just entered a low point in Rick's life?
3) How do you think the novel would change if the story was set over a longer time period?
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