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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 wasn't on Al Hammond's list?

2. What injury did Joe appear to suffer?

3. Why couldn't Pat have gone back in time to save Mr. Runciter?

4. Who did the hidden button call?

5. How long had Joe lived in the conapt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would Ella not like to be in isolation?

2. Why are Anti-PSI talents necessary?

3. Why does Glen believe that he has figured out where the lot of Hollis' best PSI's have gotten to?

4. Why did Joe want to clean his conapt?

5. What does Joe guess was going to happen to all of them and why?

6. Why does Joe Chip believe that he was selected to keep the prudence organizations going?

7. How did Mr. Runciter reveal that he knew who the person was that was financing Ms. Wirt's enterprise?

8. What was interesting to note about Sammy Mundo?

9. What is the reason to fear the telepaths, according to the anti-PSI agency?

10. How does Joe find out that a woman was in the suite with him the previous night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the character of Stanton Mick. Although he is represented as being a humanoid bomb, he is also represented as being solicitous by putting the crew of the prudence organization in half life. Explain Stanton Mick's role in Ubik.

Essay Topic 3

The major motion picture "Matrix" gained a lot of inspiration from this novel. Compare Ubik to the Matrix. What similarities are present? What are some major differences? How is Neo like Joe? How are the two characters different?

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