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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. Where does the group want to stop for a drink?

2. What does Eric's third eye have instead of a pupil?

3. What famous person drives Kevin's car in the dream?

4. Who does Kevin think removed Nixon from office?

5. What kind of alcohol does Kevin bring into the living room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fat think will happen to Wagner at the gates of heaven?

2. How does Eric get a third eye?

3. How does Eric interpret the term Buddha in the park

4. How does Mini's music effect David?

5. Why does Fat want to travel to China and France?

6. Who does Linda say she and Eric are?

7. What instructions does Sophia give Fat and the group?

8. How does Eric become Fremount?

9. What has Fat found out from his travels to Greece?

10. What contact does Fat say VALIS has had with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Nixon presidency cast such a shadow over the story? Why does Dick think the world had to be saved from his tyranny? Did the world become a better place after Nixon had left office?

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

How does Gloria Knudson's death affect Horselover Fat? In what way is he prepared to let her death affect him in a negative way?

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