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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. Why does Linda say she finds it difficult so believe Sophia is dead?

2. What did Eliade say could be overcome?

3. What does Mini suffer from?

4. What is the name of the God who both destroy and restores?

5. What does Kevin say one should condemn rather than the doer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kevin claim Sophia is not the savior?

2. How does Eric become Fremount?

3. What does Mini say about VALIS?

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

5. How does Eric get a third eye?

6. What does Kevin discover about Nixon in this section?

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

8. What did Sherri tell Kevin about his dead cat?

9. Who does Linda say she and Eric are?

10. What did Sophia tell Kevin about his dead cat?

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

Look at the structure of the book.

How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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