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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 did Charles last see Donna?

2. Who does Donan say came into her shop looking for Arctor?

3. Who does Arctor say is the people most unlikely to kill animals?

4. What drug is Kimberly addicted to?

5. What do the medical officers say there has has been a split between?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Arctor and his roommates become paranoid when they arrive home?

2. How does Charles plan to get Donna into bed?

3. What tipped the medical staff off to the fact that Fred had a hemisphere split?

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

5. How does Arctor use Donna?

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

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

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

9. What does Fred say that is not part of his prepared text?

10. What does Arctor accuse Barris of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare drug research in the 1970s to drug research today. How would the book's depiction of drugs change if Dick wrote it today?

Essay Topic 3

A SCANNER DARKLY is part of the science fiction genre.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way did the novel help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in A SCANNER DARKLY?

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