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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Heather Hart warns Jason Taverner about what danger waiting outside the television studio?
(a) A meteor shower.
(b) Fire.
(c) Solar flares.
(d) Rabid fans.

2. Who calls Jason Taverner when he and Heather are heading toward Zurich?
(a) Felix Buckman.
(b) Ruth Rae.
(c) Marilyn Mason.
(d) Al Bliss.

3. Inspector McNulty tells Jason that Jack has been dead for how long?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 years.

4. Who is the first person Jason Taverner calls after waking up in a location other than the hospital?
(a) Heather Hart.
(b) Mory Mann.
(c) Al Bliss.
(d) Bill Wolfer.

5. What position does Herb Maime have within the police state?
(a) Deputy assistant.
(b) Police admiral.
(c) Assistant to Felix Buckman.
(d) Police captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many private policeman does Heather Hart have working for her?

2. Jason Taverner asks Ruth Rae about which former lover of his own?

3. Who is waiting for Jason Taverner and Kathy when they arrive at their destination?

4. Jason Taverner had arranged for what type of event to take place between Columbia Records and Marilyn Mason?

5. Kathy helps Jason Taverner to escape from the pols because she finds him to be what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What or who is Cheerful Charley?

2. What violent incident occurs at the site of Marilyn Mason's apartment?

3. What is the connection between Jason and Marilyn Mason and how does he feel when she calls him?

4. What is the setting in which Jason wakes up just after he is aware of being in the hospital?

5. What motivation does Kathy have for wanting to help Jason Taverner?

6. To what location does the quibble driver take Jason Taverner and for what purpose?

7. What mistake on the part of the police leads to Jason Taverner's release?

8. How does the theme of delusion enter the narrative in a scene involving both Kathy and Jason Taverner?

9. Discuss a moment in the text when someone whom Jason Taverner had previously considered somewhat useless provides him with crucial help.

10. Discuss Philip K. Dick's use of allusion in concert with the depiction of Felix Buckman.

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