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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 has gold teeth decorated with what kinds of symbols?
2. What kind of stamp does Felix Buckman offer to Alys in return for her departure from his office?
3. Felix Buckman thinks at one point that he is "like Byron, fighting for" (111) what?
4. What kind of air does Jason Taverner breathe gratefully after exiting the police station?
5. Peg had tried and failed to attach what kind of surveillance device to Jason Taverner?
Short Essay Questions
1. Into whom does Jason run on his way out of the police station?
2. What surveillance method had failed to attach properly to Jason Taverner, according to Alys?
3. Explain how the phone grid within the narrative functions.
4. What tool does Felix Buckman regularly use in his dealings with sixes?
5. What plan does Buckman ultimately adopt with regard to Jason?
6. What element of Felix Buckman's personality does Alys says she hates the most?
7. What types of surveillance and weapons are used by the police force in their dealings with Jason Taverner?
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. For what reason does Felix Buckman say that he must hold Jason Taverner overnight even though he plans to release him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
What is the function of Mary Anne's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Philip K. Dick in depicting Mary Anne and include in your discussion the reasons that Philip K. Dick portrays Mary Anne in these particular ways. Be sure to incorporate the novel's final words about Mary Anne's ceramic pots into your essay.
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