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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. What is Roni's position at P.P. Layouts where she works with Barney?
(a) Barney's manager.
(b) Barney's assistant.
(c) Salesperson.
(d) Receptionist.

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

3. Who is Zoe?
(a) Leo Bulero's daughter.
(b) Norm Schein's daughter.
(c) Barney Mayerson's daughter.
(d) Palmer Eldritch's daughter.

4. When someone inhabits Walt, what type of car does Walt drive?
(a) A Porsche.
(b) A Jaguar.
(c) A Maserati.
(d) A BMW.

5. After he sees Emily's pots, Barney says no to them after what event?
(a) A scowl in Richard's direction.
(b) An eternity.
(c) A pause.
(d) A long discussion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barney do when he finds that he does not remember the name of the woman with whom he wakes up?

2. At what hospital is Palmer Eldritch being held?

3. Richard lives in what state?

4. What kind of an artist is Richard's wife Emily?

5. Who does Leo point to as "the man responsible for the seizure of this last shipment of Can-D" (17)?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason can Barney not see into his own future?

2. How is the marriage between Fran and Norm used to demonstrate the way in which no colonist can exist happily and independently without the use of Can-D?

3. What are the differences between Can-D and Chew-Z?

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

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

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

7. What information does Barney find out about Leo's situation by using his precog abilities?

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

9. Though Barney's draft notice lists Mars, how many other planets and moons have the U.N. populated with drafts thus far and why?

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

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