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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. According to Alys, Barney Buckman lives in what state?
3. Ruth Rae tells the pol in the van that she hates what city?
4. To Jason Taverner's surprise, Alys tells Jason Taverner that she is a what?
5. Inspector McNulty narrows down Jason Taverner's location to what city?
Short Essay Questions
1. What types of surveillance and weapons are used by the police force in their dealings with Jason Taverner?
2. What does Felix Buckman conclude about why he feels such antipathy toward Alys?
3. In what way does the character of Felix Buckman demonstrate the dangers of authoritarian police states?
4. Explain how the phone grid within the narrative functions.
5. During Jason Taverner's first interaction with Alys, what knowledge does he lack about Alys that the reader does not lack?
6. What examples does Alys provide when she describes Felix Buckman's altruistic moments?
7. What do Alys's clothes symbolize within the narrative?
8. Felix Buckman shows Jason Taverner a photograph of which of his own family members?
9. To what metaphorical object does Felix Buckman liken his newfound tool for dealing with sixes?
10. What element of Felix Buckman's personality does Alys says she hates the most?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Philip K. Dick’s novel Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 2
Trace the characterization arc of Felix Buckman’s character throughout the novel Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Discuss whether Felix Buckman is a round or flat character and whether he is a static or dynamic character.
Essay Topic 3
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Philip K. Dick’s novel Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
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