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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 does Arctor ask the audience if they would steal money for?

2. Who does Hank ask Fred to monitor closely?

3. What is Special Agent Fred also known as?

4. What does Barris want to write a best selling book about?

5. What does Hank want to use Arctor's house for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Barris not trust Arctor?

2. What does Arctor accuse Barris of?

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

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

5. What do Hank and Fred discuss at their meeting?

6. Why does Arctor think someone may have tampered with his car?

7. How does Jerry try to get rid of the aphids?

8. Why does Donna decline to go and see Jerry at the clinic?

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

10. Describe Jerry's life.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dick was a drug addict and it is said that A SCANNER DARKLY is semi-autobiographical, adhering to the rule that writers should write about what they know. Do you think it is obvious that Dick knows his subject? What difference do you think it makes to the story? Are there any moments where you think Dick does not portray a character or setting so well? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Dick's representations of the following areas and decide how close Dick's representations are to the real thing and how Dick makes his representations seem and feel real:

1) Drug addiction

2) Undercover police work

3) Drug dealing

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does Dick use character and setting to express these themes?

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