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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 term is NOT used by the evolved Terrans to describe Leo?
2. What does Leo do to the Chew-Z Roni as payback for her rejection of his advances?
3. Palmer Eldritch tells Leo that what percentage of possible futures contain the monument to Leo's defeat of Palmer Eldritch?
4. What is Barney's reply when Leo asks Barney where he will go now that he has been fired?
5. What is one unit of Can-D called?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information does Leo learn from Dr. Smile after he strangles Palmer Eldritch?
2. Describe how Can-D works.
3. What extreme action does Barney undertake immediately after his request for a job from Palmer Eldritch is denied?
4. Describe how the theme of selflessness arises during Leo's imprisonment at the hands of Palmer Eldritch.
5. What element does Leo realize is the fatal flaw of his plan to take down Palmer Eldritch?
6. What terms does Palmer Eldritch present to Leo just before Leo tries to strangle him?
7. How and when had Palmer Eldritch acquired his distinctive eyes?
8. What reason does Barney state when he is asked by Icholtz why he wants to chew Can-D?
9. Discuss the reasons behind Barney's decision to stop fighting the emigration draft.
10. How does Barney's first Chew-Z experience support Philip K. Dick's overall message about human happiness?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch and analyze Dick's purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author's messages about guilt and responsibility within Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. Focus especially on poignant events such as the moment when Richard realizes that the risky e-therapy he had insisted his devoted wife Emily undergo, even after she had protested heartily, has now permanently robbed her of both her artistic talent with pottery and her ability to think clearly in everyday situations.
Essay Topic 3
Would Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch be classified as a dystopian novel? Why or why not?
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