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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. How many other people live with Barney in his hovel on Mars?
2. What is Barney's reply when Leo asks Barney where he will go now that he has been fired?
3. What adjective is used to describe Leo's voice when he finally tells Palmer Eldritch that he gives up?
4. What object is Anne carrying when she arrives at the entrance to Barney's hovel?
5. What is NOT an action Leo says Palmer Eldritch had taken during Leo's period of captivity on Luna?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Anne change as a character after arriving at the colony?
2. What connection does Leo draw between his sighting of a Proxer standing over Dr. Smile and the nature of Palmer Eldritch?
3. Discuss two ways in which the themes of science and religion intermingle within Leo's interactions with Palmer Eldritch.
4. What information does Leo learn from Dr. Smile after he strangles Palmer Eldritch?
5. What terms does Palmer Eldritch present to Leo just before Leo tries to strangle him?
6. In what way are Barney's experiences with Anne on Mars significant?
7. Describe how the theme of selflessness arises during Leo's imprisonment at the hands of Palmer Eldritch.
8. Discuss how the theme of despair arises within the novel's portrayal of Barney.
9. In what way does Barney feel complicit in the desperate attitudes of the colonists?
10. How is irony present in the narrative's events that occur immediately after Barney's call to the UN draft board?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the theme of hubris within Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. What is the author's message regarding hubris and how do you know?
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
Write a critical essay about Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the depth of its female characters, its depiction or omission of female empowerment, its treatment or ignorance of misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.
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