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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 is the name of the God who both destroy and restores?

2. What kind of store does David run?

3. Which character dies in this section?

4. What is the name of the new Linda Ronstadt album that Fat owns?

5. What do Phil and the others call their society?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Eric get a third eye?

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

5. What strange thing happens to Phil whilst watching Saturday morning television?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What evidence is there that Fat is a Buddha? Why can't Fat realize he is one of the spiritual people he is looking for?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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