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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What connects the skyscrapers that Weston sees in the city he explores?
(a) Chains.
(b) Fences.
(c) Bulldozers.
(d) Catwalks.

2. In the Ecotopian education system, how do children progress?
(a) Through luck.
(b) Through tribal competition.
(c) Through levels.
(d) Through grades.

3. How long does it take, on average, to reach any destination off the train terminal in the minicity?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

4. What does Weston notice that the streets of the minicity are full of?
(a) Pedestrians and bicyclists.
(b) Fighters and warriors.
(c) Clergy and teachers.
(d) Sailors and lawyers.

5. Who does Weston meet on the train?
(a) Bankers.
(b) Mountain guides.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Skiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Weston meet to discuss the Ecotopian agricultural and food systems?

2. What impresses Weston about the average Ecotopian child?

3. What does the Ecotopian legal system fail to prohibit?

4. What does Weston realize that Ecotopians love?

5. How long do many of the hikes that the children go on last?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the three-stage program that the Ecotopians have to lower population growth.

2. Describe art in Ecotopia and its practice or expression.

3. Describe the Ecotopian worker's relationship to his employer and business.

4. Describe the difference in duration of violent crime sentences in America as compared to Ecotopia.

5. What is William Weston's assignment in Ecotopia?

6. Describe William Weston at the beginning of the novel.

7. Describe Weston's developing relationship with Marissa around the time of the Pacific incident.

8. Describe home energy systems in Ecotopia.

9. Describe Ecotopian music and its practice.

10. Describe the Ecotopian lumber industry.

(see the answer keys)

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