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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. What realization did Joe figure out about Hell?

2. What does the advertisement of Glen Runciter suggest?

3. How does graffiti convey meaning?

4. Why did Archer's Drugstore close?

5. What did the Ubik revert to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Joe try to turn the carton of Ubik into a spray can?

2. Why does Ella help Joe?

3. 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?

4. How does Pat look at Joe?

5. How did Al know that he was next to die?

6. What information does Sammy offer that confirms that Pat is the one destroying each of them, one at a time?

7. How is Don Denny intuitive in this chapter?

8. What message was scrawled on the wall of the men's bathroom? How did Al interpret this?

9. How can Joe offer some clarity to the group?

10. What point does Joe make that gives Runciter pause for thought?

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

Discuss the creation of Ubik in this book by the people in half life. How is it possible to create something from a half life form? How could this have been possible with Jory's interference?

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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