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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 is NOT a physical attribute of male sixes, according to Felix Buckman?

2. How many uniformed pols take Jason Taverner into custody from Ruth Rae's place?

3. The phone grid links what element of the users' humanity?

4. How had Felix Buckman felt about Alys when they were children?

5. From what source had Felix Buckman procured the stamp he gives to Alys?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Alys's clothes symbolize within the narrative?

2. What tool does Felix Buckman regularly use in his dealings with sixes?

3. Into whom does Jason run on his way out of the police station?

4. Explain how the phone grid within the narrative functions.

5. What types of surveillance and weapons are used by the police force in their dealings with Jason Taverner?

6. What surveillance method had failed to attach properly to Jason Taverner, according to Alys?

7. In what way does the character of Felix Buckman demonstrate the dangers of authoritarian police states?

8. What does Alys say is the reason that she wants to help Jason Taverner?

9. Felix Buckman shows Jason Taverner a photograph of which of his own family members?

10. What is ironic about Felix Buckman's disapproval of another character's feelings about family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the theme of human connection within Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. What is Philip K. Dick’s message regarding human connection and empathy and how do you know?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Philip K. Dick’s messages about guilt and responsibility within Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Focus especially on events such as Ruth Rae's imprisonment, which only takes place because Jason Taverner selfishly seeks sanctuary in Ruth Rae's apartment when he knows he is being hunted by the police.

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