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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. While inhabiting Walt together, Sam and Tod are disappointed when Perky Pat takes what action?
2. Barney predicts that Palmer Eldritch will get what body to approve Chew-Z for mass consumption?
3. What kind of an artist is Richard's wife Emily?
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?
5. What document is contained within "the familiar elongated blue-green envelope" (4)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Icholtz and why does he make contact with Richard after Barney turns down Emily's pots at P.P. Layouts?
2. With what information is precog Roni able to provide Leo in regards to Palmer Eldritch?
3. Who is Impatience (Impy) White and what news does she deliver to Leo when she calls him?
4. In what ways are the themes of religion and science intermingled within scenes of Leo's growing panic about the fate of his Can-D business?
5. In whose apartment does Barney awake at the start of the narrative and why?
6. How do Barney's personal entanglements direct his actions over the course of the exposition stage?
7. For what reason can Barney not see into his own future?
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 is Palmer Eldritch and why is he in the newspapers?
10. What weapon does Leo have with him at all times and how is it used?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Trace the characterization arc of Barney’s character throughout the novel. Discuss whether Barney is a round or flat character and whether he is a static or dynamic character.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the reasons why Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch features a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is Dick's intended effect on the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch and one of its main messages. How does the author make connections between these two elements and how does their juxtaposition help Philip K. Dick get across a main message of the novel?
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