New Characters
Max Polokov: the Nexus-6 android that injured Dave Holden.

Lurie Kampff: a psychologist who wrote the influential article, Role-taking Blockage in the Undeteriorated Schizophrenic.

Rachel Rosen: employee of the Rosen Association; niece of Eldon Rosen.

Eldon Rosen: senior representative for the Rosen Association.

Summary
In his meeting with Bryant, Deckard is notified of his next mission involving the retirement of Max Polokov, one of eight Nexus-6 androids that recently immigrated to earth illegally. Deckard is informed that Holden was able to test and retire two of the eight illegal androids before being injured by Polokov. Bryant orders Deckard to travel to Seattle to visit the Rosen Association, manufacturers of Nexus-6 androids, where he will administer the Voigt-Kampff Test to a series of subjects. A memo by the W.P.O in Russia has instigated the order for such testing.

In the memo, a group of Leningrad scientists identify the possibility that a small number of mentally ill humans would not pass the Voigt-Kampff Test and, as a result, would be perceived as androids. The psychiatrists are requesting that testing be done on schizophrenic humans in an attempt to prove the legitimacy of their speculations. Bryant and Deckard discuss this possibility, as discussed in Leningrad psychologist Lurie Kampff’s article, "Role-taking Blockage in the Undeteriorated Schizophrenic." Although Deckard believes in the accuracy of the current testing scale, Bryant identifies the need to address concerns concerning the accuracy of the Voigt-Kampff Test on androids. Bryant informs Deckard that the test subjects will consist of both humans and Nexus-6 androids, and that it is his responsibility to prove or disprove the accuracy of the current testing methods based on his test results.

Rachel Rosen greets Deckard when he arrives at the Rosen Association Building in Seattle. They make their way across the rooftop and begin to discuss the significance of his visit when Deckard becomes distracted by a vast collection of animals situated in pens. Rachel assures him that all of the animals owned by the Rosen Association are real.

After this brief distraction, Rachel leads Deckard into the Association building where they continue to discuss the nature of Deckard’s visit. Eldon Rosen, Rachel Rosen’s uncle, soon joins them and explains the difficulty in arranging for diversity amongst test subjects in such short notice. Deckard maintains that the Rosen Association has some responsibility to develop test methods that would accurately identify it’s own Nexus-6 model of android.

Rachel Rosen requests that she be present for the first test and inquires about the equipment Deckard is assembling in preparation for his first subject. He explains the various components that measure biological responses to a series of questions. Rachel then requests that she be tested and, to Deckard’s surprise, Eldon announces that she is to be his first test subject.

Analysis
The difficulty of distinguishing human-like androids from humans who suffer from schizophrenia is examined in this chapter. According to researchers, some schizophrenics lack the ability to react appropriately to empathic situations, and as a result the testing procedures used to detect androids has been called into question. In an effort to justify the means by which bounty hunters are given authority to retire androids, Deckard is sent to the manufacturer of the newest model of android to do blind testing on a variety of test subjects. The possibility that humans could be misclassified as androids has grave implications. If the justification for killing an android rests upon a faculty not present in all humans, the issue of authenticity is once again raised. What are the criteria by which humans maintain their humanness? The standard of classification according to the widely adopted theology of Mercerism indicates that human superiority depends entirely upon the ability to experience empathy. If some humans are incapable of this basic function, do they not qualify as hum