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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 kind of drug does Arctor ask Donna for?

2. What does Fabin use to collect the bugs?

3. What is the name of Bob Arctor's girl?

4. What is the street name for the drug called slow death?

5. Where does Charles say Jerry is staying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Arctor have with his car on the way home?

2. What does Arctor ruminate about the relationship between dealers and narcotics agents?

3. Why did Fred become an undercover narcotics agent?

4. Who does Arctor have to find at the end of the chapter?

5. Why don't Kimberly neighbors like the apartment building they live in?

6. Why does an anonymous caller say he is suspicious of Arctor?

7. Describe Jerry's life.

8. How does Barris make cocaine from the Solarcaine?

9. How did Thelma become a reminder to the three men about how straights are their foes?

10. What happens if the right hemisphere takes control of someone's brain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is it important that drug addiction is addressed by someone who has experienced it? Do you think America has ever seriously addressed people like Dick's views on drugs?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1970s? How does Dick express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Examine counter culture in America.

1) What is counter culture and how was counter culture in the 1970s different from counter culture today?

2) Why is A SCANNER DARKLY seen as a counter culture book?

3) How does Dick show the clash between the counter culture and normal society and how does this clash affect society in general?

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