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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 kind of an artist is Richard's wife Emily?
2. While Richard is Emily's current husband, who is Emily's former husband?
3. Barney muses that one day he will live like Leo, rather than living full-time in his city in what?
4. When Leo goes to see Palmer Eldritch in the hospital, for which person does he ask at the front desk?
5. Where had Roni worked before coming to work with Barney?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason can Barney not see into his own future?
2. What weapon does Leo have with him at all times and how is it used?
3. What does Leo surmise about Emily's pots while speaking to Barney about them?
4. Who or what is Dr. Smile?
5. How does the Narcotics Control Bureau use Palmer Eldritch's crash landing in an attempt to trap Leo?
6. In what ways are the themes of religion and science intermingled within scenes of Leo's growing panic about the fate of his Can-D business?
7. For what reason does Leo not meet with Palmer Eldritch when he goes to the UN-affiliated hospital?
8. Discuss the personal entanglements afflicting Barney over the course of the exposition stage.
9. What types of messages does the narrative send about corporate culture and how does Philip K. Dick get these messages across to the reader?
10. What action does Leo take after leaving the UN-affiliated hospital and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze Philip K. Dick’s novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and how does Philip K. Dick get this message across to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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