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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bryant tell him to do?

2. Who does Pris say is her best friends?

3. What does Rick decide about electric animals?

4. Where does Isidore visit on his way back from work?

5. Who is Deckard surprised he wants to call?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rick Deckard is the main character of the the book, but the point of view switches between him and John Isidore.

1) Look at the differences between these two characters? Do they share any similarities Why do you think Dick uses two such different main characters.

2) What do you think would happen if John Isidore was taken out of the story? Would it be much different?

Essay Topic 2

Philip K. Dick is said to be a writer existentialist fiction with Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? one of his major works.

1) What is existentialist fiction?

2) What elements of existentialist fiction can you see within the novel's structure?

3) In what ways is Rick Deckard a typical existentialist character?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the books theme of being programed. How does Dick represent humans being programed as well as the androids? What point does this make about reality?

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