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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. For what reason does Leo fire Barney?
2. What term do the evolved Terrans use to describe Palmer Eldritch the first time they refer to him?
3. When Barney goes to see who wants admittance to the hovel, whom does he hope not to see?
4. Anne tells Barney that all she knows is religious faith and that does not equip her for understanding what topic?
5. On the plaque commemorating Palmer Eldritch's death at the hands of Leo, what year does it say the event occurred?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Anne change as a character after arriving at the colony?
2. What information does Leo learn from Dr. Smile after he strangles Palmer Eldritch?
3. What terms does Palmer Eldritch present to Leo just before Leo tries to strangle him?
4. Describe how Can-D works.
5. Discuss the reasons behind Barney's decision to stop fighting the emigration draft.
6. What connection does Leo draw between his sighting of a Proxer standing over Dr. Smile and the nature of Palmer Eldritch?
7. In what way does Barney feel complicit in the desperate attitudes of the colonists?
8. How does Barney's first Chew-Z experience support Philip K. Dick's overall message about human happiness?
9. What reason does Barney state when he is asked by Icholtz why he wants to chew Can-D?
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
Write a critical essay about Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch while using the critical power theory lens of Marxist theory. Use textual evidence to support your arguable and clear claim regarding the novel's treatment of issues such as socioeconomic status, hierarchies, wealth, class, or any other issues related to Marxist theory that can be found in the novel.
Essay Topic 2
How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch and how does their treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 3
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within the novel and what is Philip K. Dick's message regarding these themes?
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