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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why didn't Joe want to get in the elevator?
2. What is the name of the Ubik representative?
3. What was in the package in Joe's mail box?
4. What kind of car was loaned to the group while they were in Des Moines?
5. Where do the boys plan on going?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Joe's impression of the Mortuary?
2. What information does Sammy offer that confirms that Pat is the one destroying each of them, one at a time?
3. How did Al know that he was next to die?
4. What was the only thing that Joe decided would resist regression before anything else?
5. What was odd about Joe and Al's visit to Baltimore?
6. What different views do the people of the time frame that Joe has found himself in hold that are contrary to the ones Joe and his coworkers hold?
7. What is a common experience among half-lifers?
8. Why couldn't Joe kill Jory?
9. How is Pat taking the fact that everyone is slowly being killed off?
10. What did this deterioration make Joe feel and why is this a problem?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain how Joe's confidence increases throughout the novel. What are the circumstances that increase this confidence? How does he choose to exercise this newfound confidence?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the differences between the world of Terra and our Earth. How are things run differently? How are they similar? In what regards is the world described in Ubik false?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the concept of human rights on Terra. How would it be different than the concept of human rights here on Earth? What kinds of things would have to change in our society for rights to be as liberal as they are on Terra?
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