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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 has happened to the parents at the end of the story?
2. What is the husband’s name?
3. What does George try to conjure to get rid of the veldt?
4. Who initially suggests that the family take a vacation and “shut the house off”?
5. Who thinks Wendy changed the nursery from a veldt to a forest?
Short Essay Questions
1. When George is sitting at dinner, he begins to think about the African veldt in the nursery. What does he realize the children have been thinking of, and why does it make him uneasy?
2. Where do George and Lydia realize they’ve heard the screams before?
3. How does the house take care of them?
4. In the past, what has David McClean noticed about the nursery?
5. What does George’s reaction to Lydia’s fear signify?
6. Why is George hesitant to lock up the nursery? What does he fear?
7. How do the children react when George and David McClean shut the nursery off?
8. What does Lydia think is wrong with her life?
9. Why does Lydia say, “The house is wife and mother now, and nursemaid”?
10. Describe the sensory experience of the nursery. What senses does the nursery appeal to? Use a description from the text as an example.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Bradbury’s work is commentary on his prediction of society projected forward from 1950.
Based on the central conflict of man versus machine and loss of human connection, describe the values of this society. Why must they live in a Happylife home? Why do George and Lydia believe that nothing is good enough for their children? What is suggested by the fact that they take sedatives to go to sleep at night?
Essay Topic 2
Both George and Lydia doubt themselves as parents throughout the short story.
Discuss three incidences in The Veldt where either George or Lydia seems unsure in their parenting decision. What is the result of this insecurity? Use examples from the text to illustrate the incidences.
Essay Topic 3
George reflects on the magnificence and cost of the nursery. What is the nursery’s purpose?
What does the title of nursery for this room suggest? How accurate is its title? What has it replaced in this home?
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