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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. Heather Hart warns Jason Taverner about what danger waiting outside the television studio?

2. What color is Jason Taverner's aura, according to Kathy?

3. What virtue does Jason Taverner believe to be overrated?

4. What does Heather Hart do for a living?

5. What liquid does Jason Taverner use to minimize the damage inflicted by his protégée's attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Buckman consider himself different from other law enforcement officials?

2. Describe the events at the hospital.

3. What crucial objects are not within Jason's possession when he wakes up disoriented?

4. What is ironic about the police's admonishment of Jason Taverner's comment to Ruth Rae?

5. What are "bleps" (52) and how do they enter the narrative?

6. What reward does Kathy demand in return for her promise not to inform on Jason Taverner?

7. Discuss a moment in the text when someone whom Jason Taverner had previously considered somewhat useless provides him with crucial help.

8. What violent incident occurs at the site of Marilyn Mason's apartment?

9. How is foreshadowing used within scenes involving Kathy?

10. What or who is Cheerful Charley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a critical essay about Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said while using the critical power theory lens of Marxist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of issues such as socioeconomic status, hierarchies, wealth, class, or any other issues related to Marxist theory that can be found in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said and one of the novel's main messages. How does Philip K. Dick make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Sensory details are used frequently by Philip K. Dick in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are effectively used and discuss how the sensory details help with Philip K. Dick’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

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