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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. At what hospital is Palmer Eldritch being held?
2. What had been Roni's position when she worked at a foreign branch of P.P. Layouts?
3. While Richard is Emily's current husband, who is Emily's former husband?
4. To what type of show is Walt's television set tuned in order to wake him up each morning?
5. Another passenger in Richard's commute car tells him that a ship from outside the Sol system has crashed where?
Short Essay Questions
1. To what evidence does Barney point when trying to convince Leo that he can "beat" (21) his draft notice to Mars?
2. 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?
3. Who is Icholtz and why does he make contact with Richard after Barney turns down Emily's pots at P.P. Layouts?
4. Discuss Dick's treatment of the co-mingling themes of loyalty and self-interest.
5. How do Barney's personal entanglements direct his actions over the course of the exposition stage?
6. What does Leo surmise about Emily's pots while speaking to Barney about them?
7. Who or what is Dr. Smile?
8. What action does Leo take after leaving the UN-affiliated hospital and why?
9. Who is Palmer Eldritch and why is he in the newspapers?
10. Though Barney's draft notice lists Mars, how many other planets and moons have the U.N. populated with drafts thus far and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Would Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch be classified as a dystopian novel? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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