Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What action does Barney take once he believes Anne is unconscious and under the influence of Can-D?
2. When the superevolved humans and Leo see a dog approaching the monument to Leo's defeat of Palmer Eldritch, what noun does Alec apply to the dog?
3. Who runs after Barney upon his departure from P.P. Layouts after he is fired?
4. Who brings lunch and tea to Barney when he is out working on the hovel's farm?
5. To whom is Barney referring when he tells Anne that the last person he had talked to who had taken Chew-Z had said it had been what kind of experience?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss Barney's wishy-washy attitude surrounding his decision to work for Palmer Eldritch after being fired by Leo.
2. What information does Leo learn from Dr. Smile after he strangles Palmer Eldritch?
3. How does Anne change as a character after arriving at the colony?
4. What extreme action does Barney undertake immediately after his request for a job from Palmer Eldritch is denied?
5. What special right is provided to colonists who willingly agree to emigrate?
6. In what way does Barney feel complicit in the desperate attitudes of the colonists?
7. Describe how the theme of selflessness arises during Leo's imprisonment at the hands of Palmer Eldritch.
8. In what way are Barney's experiences with Anne on Mars significant?
9. How and when had Palmer Eldritch acquired his distinctive eyes?
10. Discuss the reasons behind Barney's decision to stop fighting the emigration draft.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. What message is Dick sending about these two themes?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the reasons why Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch features a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what is Dick's intended effect on the reader?
Essay Topic 3
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?
|
This section contains 1,368 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
