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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a color used to decorate the horses of Omelas?
(a) White.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Green.

2. The birds mentioned in the first line of the story are taking what action?
(a) Chirping.
(b) Singing.
(c) Roosting.
(d) Soaring.

3. What element of Omelas does LeGuin describe as "magnificent" (3)?
(a) The art gallery.
(b) The Farmers' Market.
(c) The library.
(d) The town square.

4. What is the sole piece of gear or accoutrement worn by the horses of Omelas?
(a) A bit with a halter.
(b) A halter without a bit.
(c) Lengths of ribbon.
(d) A saddle.

5. What term does LeGuin use to characterize objects such as "cars or helicopters" (3)?
(a) Efficiency.
(b) Aesthetics.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Technology.

6. The processions described by the narrator all move toward what part of Omelas?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) East.
(d) South.

7. LeGuin insists that she does not want Omelas to resemble a what?
(a) A dystopia.
(b) A utopia.
(c) A fairy tale.
(d) A parable.

8. LeGuin says that it "is the treason of" (3) whom to refuse to admit "the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain" (3)?
(a) The scholar.
(b) The doctor.
(c) The artist.
(d) The philosopher.

9. The people exercising the horses on the Green Fields are said to have "long, lithe" (1) what?
(a) Arms.
(b) Limbs.
(c) Digits.
(d) Legs.

10. The people of Omelas are not what kind of "folk" (3) according to LeGuin?
(a) Unexamined.
(b) Happy.
(c) Cowardly.
(d) Simple.

11. LeGuin asserts that the people of Omelas are not what kind of human ancestors?
(a) Apes.
(b) Troglodytes.
(c) Neanderthals.
(d) Barbarians.

12. In what season does the event described at the start of the story take place?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

13. When LeGuin mentions several inventions that have yet to be created, what is NOT an object she mentions?
(a) A network of surveillance cameras.
(b) Fuel-less power.
(c) A cure for the common cold.
(d) Floating light sources.

14. What type of feature is the location called the "Green Fields" (1)?
(a) A bed of moss.
(b) A corner of farmland.
(c) A water-meadow.
(d) A swamp.

15. Who is said to be exercising horses on the Green Fields?
(a) Girls and women.
(b) Boys and men.
(c) Young boys.
(d) Boys and girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. LeGuin says in Paragraph 3 that modern society has the bad habit of considering happiness as what kind of emotion?

2. LeGuin supposes that the people of Omelas have what number of rules and laws?

3. How are the horses said to feel about their participation in the event of Omelas?

4. The mountains that can be seen from Omelas are called what number "Peaks" (1)?

5. What verb is used to describe the movement of the horses of Omelas?

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