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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 objects are embedded in the walls surrounding the Buckmans' home?
2. The Buckmans' home contains how many stories?
3. How much money does Herb want to bet Felix Buckman that they find nothing even when they locate Jason Taverner?
4. Ruth names what quality of pets that makes her not want to have them?
5. What is NOT something Alys names among the precious objects in the Buckmans' home?
Short Essay Questions
1. What types of surveillance and weapons are used by the police force in their dealings with Jason Taverner?
2. Into whom does Jason run on his way out of the police station?
3. To what metaphorical object does Felix Buckman liken his newfound tool for dealing with sixes?
4. In what way does the character of Felix Buckman demonstrate the dangers of authoritarian police states?
5. Felix Buckman shows Jason Taverner a photograph of which of his own family members?
6. What do Alys's clothes symbolize within the narrative?
7. What clue alerts Jason Taverner to the fact that Alys had planned their meeting outside the police station?
8. For what reason does Felix Buckman say that he must hold Jason Taverner overnight even though he plans to release him?
9. What does Felix Buckman conclude about why he feels such antipathy toward Alys?
10. Explain how the phone grid within the narrative functions.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Philip K. Dick's choice to tell the story of Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said using a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Philip K. Dick’s intended effects on the reader?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the novel Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said and how does their treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
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