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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. For what purpose does Impy White contact Leo at his office?
2. Who does Leo point to as "the man responsible for the seizure of this last shipment of Can-D" (17)?
3. What is NOT an element used to describe Barney?
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. Leo tells Felix that a layout is of no use without what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What action does Leo take after leaving the UN-affiliated hospital and why?
2. Though Barney's draft notice lists Mars, how many other planets and moons have the U.N. populated with drafts thus far and why?
3. What information does Barney find out about Leo's situation by using his precog abilities?
4. How does the Narcotics Control Bureau use Palmer Eldritch's crash landing in an attempt to trap Leo?
5. Who or what is Dr. Smile?
6. What are the differences between Can-D and Chew-Z?
7. Discuss the personal entanglements afflicting Barney over the course of the exposition stage.
8. For what reason can Barney not see into his own future?
9. Discuss Dick's treatment of the co-mingling themes of loyalty and self-interest.
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and how does Philip K. Dick get this message across to the reader?
Essay Topic 2
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. What message is Dick sending about these two themes?
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