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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. Alys offers to show Jason Taverner which objects just before he tells her that he needs to lie down?
2. How much money does Herb want to bet Felix Buckman that they find nothing even when they locate Jason Taverner?
3. Which composer is detested by one of the novel's main characters?
4. Felix Buckman wonders if his love for which two elements are what make him a superb pol?
5. In Chapter 13, the police find Jason Taverner in what location?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss a moment when Buckman's callousness is demonstrated.
2. What connection does Ruth Rae make between love and grief?
3. Felix Buckman shows Jason Taverner a photograph of which of his own family members?
4. During Jason Taverner's first interaction with Alys, what knowledge does he lack about Alys that the reader does not lack?
5. What does Felix Buckman conclude about why he feels such antipathy toward Alys?
6. What surveillance method had failed to attach properly to Jason Taverner, according to Alys?
7. What do Alys's clothes symbolize within the narrative?
8. What examples does Alys provide when she describes Felix Buckman's altruistic moments?
9. What clue alerts Jason Taverner to the fact that Alys had planned their meeting outside the police station?
10. What thought causes Jason Taverner to accept Alys's invitation to the Buckmans' home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Philip K. Dick’s novel Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. What message is Philip K. Dick sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said and what is Philip K. Dick’s message regarding these themes?
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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