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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 Sigma 14-B?

2. What religion does Anne practice?

3. For what reason does Allen Faine come to Mars?

4. Who brings lunch and tea to Barney when he is out working on the hovel's farm?

5. What object appears under Leo's desk, causing him to realize that he is still imprisoned within the Chew-Z world?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the theme of selflessness arises during Leo's imprisonment at the hands of Palmer Eldritch.

2. What is the price difference between Can-D and Chew-Z?

3. What connection does Leo draw between his sighting of a Proxer standing over Dr. Smile and the nature of Palmer Eldritch?

4. How is irony present in the narrative's events that occur immediately after Barney's call to the UN draft board?

5. What element does Leo realize is the fatal flaw of his plan to take down Palmer Eldritch?

6. What extreme action does Barney undertake immediately after his request for a job from Palmer Eldritch is denied?

7. Discuss Barney's wishy-washy attitude surrounding his decision to work for Palmer Eldritch after being fired by Leo.

8. What terms does Palmer Eldritch present to Leo just before Leo tries to strangle him?

9. How and when had Palmer Eldritch acquired his distinctive teeth?

10. How does Anne change as a character after arriving at the colony?

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

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 3

What is the function of Emily's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by the author in depicting Emily and include in your discussion the reasons why the author portrays Emily in these particular ways.

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