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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. 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 demoted.
(c) He should receive less pay.
(d) He should be punished.

2. What does the narrator say the wealthy suffer from?
(a) Greed.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Drunkenness.
(d) Hallucinations.

3. Since money is no longer acquired on a personal basis, what is no longer needed?
(a) Trade.
(b) Banks.
(c) Wallets.
(d) Gold.

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

5. What does Julian assume occurred for the change in Boston to have happened?
(a) Nuclear holocaust.
(b) Worker revolution.
(c) Change in president.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1887, what could a man volunteering to be a waiter not be according to critics?

2. What does Edith mean when she says she will show Julian some of his old friends?

3. What year does the narrator assure the reader he does not mean?

4. What is the narrator's name?

5. Why is there no advantage in choosing one distribution center over another?

Short Essay Questions

1. The narrator states that he has to build a sleeping chamber due to insomnia, what does the sleeping chamber look like?

2. What is the result of society spending less individually and more as a whole?

3. What type of cases are heard by minor judges in this society?

4. What is women's role in the workforce in 2000?

5. What is in the newspaper from 1887 that would not be experienced in 2000?

6. What are the wealthy's various views of the poor?

7. What will Julian's role be in this society?

8. How does Edith use the music to avoid conversation?

9. How is corruption eliminated in the 2000 society?

10. How does Julian describe Sundays in 1887?

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