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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 was the name of the girl who was dying of cancer?

2. Why do the psychologists want to hold Fat for fourteen days?

3. Which famous psychologist talked about phylogenic memory?

4. What drug did Stephanie used to have nightmares that the prices were always rising?

5. What are the cyborg entities wrapped up in in Fat's dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Fat think are the three eyed people?

2. Why is the ceramic pot so important to Fat?

3. What does Fat do with Gloria the day she visits him?

4. What does Thamos find out for Fat?

5. Why does Maurice think Sherri is a rip off merchant?

6. Why does Fat think it is a good idea to flee Canada?

7. Who is Stephanie?

8. What does Fat say was the reason he tried to kill himself?

9. How does a huge hit of LSD effect Fat in 1964?

10. Which of Fat's material does the author use for his book Through a Scanner Darkly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

How does the film VALiS change Fat and his friend's life? What happens in the film that suggests Fat is not crazy after all? What does is say about Fat and his friends that they are so drawn in by the film?

Essay Topic 3

Why is deep religious belief often connected with mental illness? Is there evidence that Horselover Fat's search for the fifth savior is a disconnection from reality?

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