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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 the name of Anne's hovel on Mars?

2. What object does Allen Faine give to Barney when he comes to Mars in a ship?

3. When Barney finds Anne at the entrance to his hovel, what is she wearing?

4. When Barney goes to see who wants admittance to the hovel, whom does he hope not to see?

5. What is Anne's reply when Barney asks her why she would like to smash the Perky Pat and Walt dolls?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What special right is provided to colonists who willingly agree to emigrate?

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

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

7. Discuss two ways in which the themes of science and religion intermingle within Leo's interactions with Palmer Eldritch.

8. Discuss how the theme of despair arises within the novel's portrayal of Barney.

9. What occurs during Barney’s first experience under the influence of Chew-Z?

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

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

Determine the message sent by Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch regarding the human race’s affinity for escapism.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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