Plot
Rick travels to this corporation in Seattle to test the reliability of the Voigt-Kampff test.
What is the Rosen Association
The radiation-damaged man who shows the deepest level of empathy in the novel.
J.R Isidore
What is the device/test used to measure empathy through physiological reactions?
Voigt-kampff test
What theme is tested by the Voigt-Kampff machine?
Empathy
Who says “you must be an android; you’re so calm.”
Rick says it to Rachael
This “niece” turns out to be a Nexus-6 android used to deceive Rick.
Who is Rachael Rosen?
Who offers Rick an owl as a bribe to hide/fabricate test results?
Eldon Rosen
What device allows people to artificially control their moods and emotions with the turn of a dial?
Penfield mood organ
What theme is represented by Isidore’s silence-filled building?
Isolation(spiritual emptiness)
“The silence was alive.”
What does the silence symbolize?
Emptiness and the lack of human connection.
J.R. Isidore hears a sound that disrupts the silence of his apartment building. What is that sound?
Which character makes Rick question the definition of humanity as a result of their lack of emotion?
Phil Resch
The Voigt-Kampff test nearly fails on what model of robots?
Nexus-6
What is the theme represented by the counterfeit police force?
Collapse of reality and authority.
What deeper question does this quote arise, “Maybe you’re the android.”
uncertainty between android and human
The police station Rick visits turns out to be what kind of structure?
A police station that is counterfeit and run by androids.
Which character resembles Rachael and hides in Isidore’s building?
Pris Stratton
What connects users to the suffering of Wilbur Mercer, allowing them to experience pain and climb with him?
Empathy Box
Luba Luft’s love for opera challenges what belief about androids?
Androids cannot feel or appreciate art.
Who says, “You killed a beautiful thing.”
Rick
Name the android operating system singer Rick and Phil Resch track down to kill.
Luba Luft
What animal does Rick buy after Luba’s death to ease his own guilt?
Goat
The Scream by Edvard Munch
What does Rick’s goat function as a symbol of?
Token of guilt and desire for redemption.
Who says, “I’m not alive! You’re not alive! We’re both machines!”
Luba Luft