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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. What is NOT an element used to describe Barney?
2. Emily tells Richard to take what action once he has left the office of P.P. Layouts?
3. How does Barney suggest Leo gain access to Palmer Eldritch?
4. What method does Leo reluctantly admit to using in his quest to locate Palmer Eldritch?
5. Where had Roni worked before coming to work with Barney?
Short Essay Questions
1. What action does Leo take after leaving the UN-affiliated hospital and why?
2. How do Barney's personal entanglements direct his actions over the course of the exposition stage?
3. Who is Icholtz and why does he make contact with Richard after Barney turns down Emily's pots at P.P. Layouts?
4. Who or what is Dr. Smile?
5. For what items does Barney trade his information about Palmer Eldritch's future whereabouts?
6. What are the differences between Can-D and Chew-Z?
7. What types of messages does the narrative send about corporate culture and how does Philip K. Dick get these messages across to the reader?
8. Discuss Dick's treatment of the co-mingling themes of loyalty and self-interest.
9. What does Leo surmise about Emily's pots while speaking to Barney about them?
10. Who is Palmer Eldritch and why is he in the newspapers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What messages does Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch send about various types of artificiality and what themes does the author employ in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 2
Look carefully at the passages of the novel that hint at the true nature of Palmer Eldritch. Is Palmer Eldritch a ghost? A hologram? A human? A collective hallucination? What is the author's purpose for creating a true enigma in Palmer Eldritch? Include discussion of Palmer Eldritch’s name, his cybernetic teeth, arm, and eyes, and his intentions for his product Chew-Z.
Essay Topic 3
How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch and how does their treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
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