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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the narrator sleep?
(a) 113 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 120 years.
(d) 100 years.

2. Who is the sole employer in Boston 2000?
(a) An international committee.
(b) The largest corporation at the time.
(c) The government.
(d) The people.

3. How many distribution centers does each ward have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

4. What disorder does the narrator suffer from?
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Depression.
(c) Sleep walking.
(d) Demetia.

5. In 1887, what could a man volunteering to be a waiter not be according to critics?
(a) Respected.
(b) Upper class.
(c) A scholar.
(d) A gentlemen.

6. What does Dr. Leete say both 19th and 20th century men agree on?
(a) Literature is the foundation of all great thinkers.
(b) Society must have divisions.
(c) Money runs the world.
(d) Dickens was a genius.

7. According to the philosophy of 2000, what should happen if someone gives less than his all to a job?
(a) He should be required to work extra hours.
(b) He should be punished.
(c) He should receive less pay.
(d) He should be demoted.

8. What is Sawyer's relationship to the narrator?
(a) He is his brother.
(b) He is his best friend.
(c) He is his mentor.
(d) He is his servant.

9. What does Dr. Leete claim really occurred?
(a) National strike.
(b) Acceptance of one govenment-run business.
(c) World War.
(d) Nothing.

10. Who is able to listen to music in 1887?
(a) The wealthy.
(b) All people.
(c) The poor.
(d) The educated.

11. What year does the narrator assure the reader he does not mean?
(a) 1757.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1957.
(d) 2000.

12. What is the labor class's chief weapon?
(a) Education.
(b) Strikes.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Leadership.

13. In Boston 2000, why are all men entitled to a decent life?
(a) Because of a vote.
(b) Because they are human.
(c) Because they fought for it.
(d) Because they all work the same amount.

14. As the narrator looks around at Boston in 2000, what does he mention as the most noticeable difference between his time and the present?
(a) The presence of cars.
(b) The height of buildings.
(c) The absence of chimneys.
(d) The lack of people.

15. How long do citizens have to work in the society of Boston 2000?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 24 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 55 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Individuals in which work group have first choice in professions?

2. What is considered one of the lowest officers in the industrial army?

3. Who is responsible for making sure labor supply equals demand?

4. What music does Julian decide to listen to?

5. Why do citizens work willingly?

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