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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what company does Walt work?
(a) The Manning Corporation.
(b) The Ampex Corporation.
(c) The Cybernetics Corporation.
(d) The Ersatz Corporation.

2. Who or what is Dr. Smile?
(a) A tyrannical leader.
(b) A human psychiatrist.
(c) An electronic psychiatrist.
(d) A dentist.

3. What is NOT a way in which Sam describes feeling when he realizes that a dose of Can-D is wearing off?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Bitterly sickened.
(c) Desperate.
(d) Weak.

4. When Leo calls Barney to tell him about the developments around Chew-Z, Barney muses that this is the first time he has seen his employer take what action?
(a) Collapse.
(b) Go quiet.
(c) Cry.
(d) Scream.

5. While Richard is Emily's current husband, who is Emily's former husband?
(a) James.
(b) Barney.
(c) Palmer Eldritch.
(d) Leo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people can inhabit Perky Pat at a time while under the influence of Can-D?

2. For what reason is a draft for exodus levied upon the people of Earth?

3. On what planet does The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch begin its narrative?

4. When Tod and Norm get in an argument, to what location does Norm angrily tell Tod to return?

5. A UN soldier armed with what type of weapon blocks Leo from getting into Palmer Eldritch's hospital room?

Short Essay Questions

1. In whose apartment does Barney awake at the start of the narrative and why?

2. To what evidence does Barney point when trying to convince Leo that he can "beat" (21) his draft notice to Mars?

3. What weapon does Leo have with him at all times and how is it used?

4. Who is Impatience (Impy) White and what news does she deliver to Leo when she calls him?

5. What action does Leo take after leaving the UN-affiliated hospital and why?

6. Discuss the personal entanglements afflicting Barney over the course of the exposition stage.

7. Who is Icholtz and why does he make contact with Richard after Barney turns down Emily's pots at P.P. Layouts?

8. What types of messages does the narrative send about corporate culture and how does Philip K. Dick get these messages across to the reader?

9. Who or what is Dr. Smile?

10. Who is Palmer Eldritch and why is he in the newspapers?

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