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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 famous rock star's face does Gloria have leering from her t-shirt?

2. What was the name of the blind God?

3. What is the name of Sherri's wealthy sister?

4. For which 1977 novel does the author say he used some of Fat's notes?

5. What does Horselover Fat claim brought Stephanie into existence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe Maurice?

3. What evidence is there to suggest that Fat is hearing God?

4. What does Thamos find out for Fat?

5. How does the author describe Fat's apartment in Santa Ana?

6. How did Fat try to kill himself after his wife left him?

7. What does Sherri say about the Soviet tanks during World War Two?

8. What vision does Fat have in March 1974?

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

10. Why did Gloria eventually decide to kill herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine Fat's exegesis.

1. What is Fat trying to explore in his exegesis?

2. Why is Fat's exegesis so important to him?

3. How does Fat's exegesis help him to find Sophia?

Essay Topic 3

What does the novel say about religion as a whole? Do Dick's ides still hold relevance today?

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