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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 is NOT a way in which Sam describes feeling when he realizes that a dose of Can-D is wearing off?
2. When Leo is stymied at the hospital by Zoe and a UN soldier, he says he is going to go eat and then sleep for how many hours?
3. Who is the boss of the police agency?
4. What had been Roni's position when she worked at a foreign branch of P.P. Layouts?
5. At what location does Barney awake at the beginning of the book?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Icholtz and why does he make contact with Richard after Barney turns down Emily's pots at P.P. Layouts?
2. Though Barney's draft notice lists Mars, how many other planets and moons have the U.N. populated with drafts thus far and why?
3. How do Barney's personal entanglements direct his actions over the course of the exposition stage?
4. What information does Barney find out about Leo's situation by using his precog abilities?
5. With what information is precog Roni able to provide Leo in regards to Palmer Eldritch?
6. For what reason can Barney not see into his own future?
7. Who is Impatience (Impy) White and what news does she deliver to Leo when she calls him?
8. Name the jobs of the following people: Barney, Roni, Leo, Palmer Eldritch, and Emily.
9. Who is Palmer Eldritch and why is he in the newspapers?
10. For what items does Barney trade his information about Palmer Eldritch's future whereabouts?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the novel's message concerning the link between the dangers and possible benefits of hallucinogenic drugs?
Essay Topic 2
Look carefully at the passages of the novel that hint at the true nature of Palmer Eldritch. Is Palmer Eldritch a ghost? A hologram? A human? A collective hallucination? What is the author's purpose for creating a true enigma in Palmer Eldritch? Include discussion of Palmer Eldritch’s name, his cybernetic teeth, arm, and eyes, and his intentions for his product Chew-Z.
Essay Topic 3
Sensory details are often used within Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch in order to create vivid depictions of characters’ emotions, motivations, and psychological underpinnings. Choose three novel scenes in which Dick uses sensory details to develop characterization, and discuss the effect these tools have on the meaning of the text.
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