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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. Who dies in this section?

2. What kind of car does Kevin own?

3. What does falparsi mean in Arabic?

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

5. What is the only thing Eric and Linda request during the group's second meeting with Sophia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the characters live change for the better in chapter fourteen?

2. What is Sophie's opinion on Eric and LInda?

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

4. Who does Linda say she and Eric are?

5. What do the group think is strange about Ferris F. Fremount's name?

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

7. How does Mini's music effect David?

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

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

10. How does Kevin think the film parallels Fat's experiences?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Fat come back in the last few chapters of the book? What does it say about Phil's state in the last few chapters that Fat leaves for Europe?

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