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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. Why did Sherri say that God took Kevin's cat?
2. What country does Fat fly to first?
3. Where does the group want to stop for a drink?
4. What do the filmmakers use in the film to represent VALIS firing information from millions of miles away?
5. What is the title of the film Fat goes to see with his friends in this section?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Sophie's opinion on Eric and LInda?
2. How do the characters live change for the better in chapter fourteen?
3. Who does Sophia say Horselover Fat is?
4. Why do the group call themselves the Rhipidon society?
5. What did Sophia tell Kevin about his dead cat?
6. What does Mini say about VALIS?
7. What does Phil dream about in this section?
8. What strange thing happens to Phil whilst watching Saturday morning television?
9. What has Fat found out from his travels to Greece?
10. How does Eric get a third eye?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does the novel say about religion as a whole? Do Dick's ides still hold relevance today?
Essay Topic 2
What evidence is there that Fat is a Buddha? Why can't Fat realize he is one of the spiritual people he is looking for?
Essay Topic 3
Look at the structure of the book.
How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?
Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?
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