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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. How old is Barney Buckman, according to Alys?
2. What objects are embedded in the walls surrounding the Buckmans' home?
3. After Jason Taverner leaves Felix Buckman's office, Buckman orders surveillance on whom?
4. How many uniformed pols take Jason Taverner into custody from Ruth Rae's place?
5. Felix Buckman wonders if his love for which two elements are what make him a superb pol?
Short Essay Questions
1. What examples does Alys provide when she describes Felix Buckman's altruistic moments?
2. Explain how the phone grid within the narrative functions.
3. What is Felix Buckman's belief about chaos?
4. What does Felix Buckman conclude about why he feels such antipathy toward Alys?
5. What do Alys's clothes symbolize within the narrative?
6. Felix Buckman shows Jason Taverner a photograph of which of his own family members?
7. With what object does Felix Buckman bribe Alys in Chapter 10?
8. Who expresses strong disagreement with Jason Taverner's beliefs about family?
9. To what metaphorical object does Felix Buckman liken his newfound tool for dealing with sixes?
10. What plan does Buckman ultimately adopt with regard to Jason?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What message does Philip K. Dick send within the pages of Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said concerning the link between oppression and brutality?
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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