PHILIP K.

DICK QUIZ

1. What does the K stand for in Philip K. Dick?

a. Keith
b. Kindred
c. Karl
d. Kansas

2. What is the name of Philip K. Dick’s twin sister, who greatly influenced his work despite only
having lived for a few short weeks?

a. Susan
b. Judy
c. Sarah
d. Jane

3. What is the name of the first novel Philip K. Dick wrote (not the first novel he published, the first
he wrote)?

a. A Scanner Darkly
b. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
c. Return to Lilliput
d. The Man in the High Castle

4. Where did Philip K. Dick briefly attend college?

a. University of Illinois
b. Georgetown
c. University of California, Berkeley
d. University of California, Santa Barbara

5. How many times was Philip K. Dick married?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

6. What is the name of the first novel Philip K. Dick published?

a. Solar Lottery
b. The Man in the High Castle
c. Return to Lilliput
d. A Scanner Darkly

7. Philip K. Dick was awarded the Hugo Award for which of his novels?
 a. A Scanner Darkly
b. The Man in the High Castle
c. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
d. Lies, Inc.

8. In what year did Philip K. Dick experience the “pink light” beam that “released [him] from every
thrall, inner and outer”?

a. 1945
b. 1974
c. 1979
d. 1982

9. Philip K. Dick began keeping a journal of his experiences with the “pink light” beam and what it
transmitted to his consciousness. What is the name of this journal?

a. The Exegesis
b. Iron Imprisonment
c. Saint Phil
d. What Was Lost What Was Broken

10. Where did the “pink light” beam appear?

a. Inside Dick’s refrigerator

b. From the necklace of a pharmacy delivery girl
c. From the eye of his cat
d. The headlights of a passing car

11. What book did Philip K. Dick write directly following his experiences with the “pink light”
beam?

a. Ubik
b. VALIS
c. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
d. A Scanner Darkly

12. Which of these books is not in the VALIS trilogy?

a. VALIS
b. The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
c. The Divine Invasion
d. The Penultimate Truth

13. There was a fourth installment of the VALIS trilogy, that was published posthumously. What is
its name?

a. Lies, Inc.
b. The Simulacra
 c. Radio Free Albemuth
d. Confessions of a Crap Artist

14. What does VALIS stand for?

a. Virtual Answers Lend Intense Sadness

b. Very Awesome Lies Inside Story
c. Vast Active Living Intelligence System
d. Violent Arguments Live in Sound

15. In what year did Philip K. Dick die?

a. 1980
b. 1982
c. 1984
d. 1986

16. What movie was inspired by Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

a. Blade Runner
b. My Girl
c. Die Hard
d. Stand By Me

17. Which of the following films is not based on a story by Philip K. Dick?

a. Blade Runner
b. Minority Report
c. The Fifth Element
d. Total Recall

18. Which of the following films is not based on a story by Philip K. Dick?

a. Paycheck
b. Screamers
c. The Adjustment Bureau
d. Contact

19. Which of these is not a pen name Philip K. Dick used?

a. Teddy
b. Tom Smith
c. Richard Phillips
d. Jack Dowland

20. Which of these is not the name of a drug found in a story by Philip K. Dick?

a. Chew-Z
b. Can-D
 c. Substance D
d. So-B

21. What is the name of the protagonist in VALIS?

a. Tom Smith
b. Horselover Fat
c. Charleston Hendricks
d. Seaward Brubaker

22. Which is not a name used to refer to the protagonist in A Scanner Darkly?

a. Stan
b. Fred
c. Bob Arctor
d. Bruce

23. What is the name of Rick Dekard’s wife in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

a. Tehran
b. Iran
c. Paris
d. Florence

24. What is Juliana Frink’s profession in Man in the High Castle?

a. Sales clerk
b. First grade teacher
c. Judo instructor
d. Accountant

25. What android model is Rick Deckard charged with “retiring” in Do Androids Dream of Electric
Sheep?

a. Lexus-9
b. Infiniti-6
c. Nexus-6
d. Martian- 5
Answer key

1. B
2. D
3. C
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. A
10. B
11. B
12. D
13. C
14. C
15. B
16. A
17. C
18. D
19. B
20. D
21. B
22. A
23. B
24. C
25. C