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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. Instead of names, what are the characters in "We" called by?

2. To what does D-503 compare the feeling in his ribs?

3. What mathematical concept does D-503 recall from his childhood that frustrates him?

4. Who is offended at the suggestion that he has an imagination?

5. According to the narrator, the citizens of the One State have become as _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the fate of the criminal whose sentencing the whole One State attends?

2. With what concepts does D-503 associate the square root of -1?

3. How does D-503 claim to feel about I-330 during their initial encounters?

4. What criminal activities does I-330 partake in when D-503 visits her room for the first time?

5. How does the narrator describe the character known as O-90?

6. What images does D-503 see when he dreams for the first time in his life?

7. What is the One State's perception of love?

8. What does D-503 consider it his duty to do in writing "We"?

9. Why does O-90 rush out of D-503's room?

10. What is the Green Wall?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the plot-related elements of fiction in the story. When does the climax occur? The denouement? What events can be considered major events or turning points? What do these elements mean for the rest of the story/characters?

Essay Topic 2

Is each character essential to the story? Discuss the role of background characters like U- and O-90, and other characters who could be considered flat or round.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Benefactor as a God-like character. Who perceives him this way? What evidence of exaltation do we see in the text and the plot? Does he have a God complex about himself?

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