View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the hotel that Melipone disappeared from?

2. Who else had a similar experience to Tippy while asleep?

3. What wasn't on Al Hammond's list?

4. What color was Ella's eyes?

5. What was the only visible thing that Pat retained from the different time track?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Joe want to clean his conapt?

2. How did Joe think that Stanton Mick's voice sounded?

3. Why did Runciter immediately want to pack everything up?

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

5. What is the unique feature about Joe's apartment that is different from apartments we know?

6. Why was Jory able to permeate Ella's conversation?

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

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. What kinds of things does Ms. Wirt explain is on the map?

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

Examine the repeated references to cigarettes in this novel. How does this relate to the culture of the day in which the novel was written? How have things changed in regards to the references to smoking in literature?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the novel from a religious point of view. How many things in the novel express a lack of religion on the part of the author? What kind of things could allude to a religion?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 818 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample