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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 does the government do if there are not enough volunteers for a trade?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Advertise.
(c) Reduce production or activities of that trade.
(d) Draft volunteers.

2. As the narrator looks around at Boston in 2000, what does he mention as the most noticeable difference between his time and the present?
(a) The presence of cars.
(b) The absence of chimneys.
(c) The lack of people.
(d) The height of buildings.

3. In 2000, what work group performs tasks such as cleaning and cooking?
(a) The maintenance army.
(b) The industrial army.
(c) The housekeeping army.
(d) Everyone does these things for themselves.

4. What does the new monetary system not encourage?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Savings.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Security.

5. What are men motivated by with this system?
(a) Avoiding punishment.
(b) Honor, hope, and patriotism.
(c) Obtaining wealth.
(d) Obtaining status.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are an individual's possessions limited to in 2000?

2. What about the dining hall astonishes Julian?

3. Since money is no longer acquired on a personal basis, what is no longer needed?

4. What is the function of clerks at the distribution center?

5. What do citizens no longer have to fight for?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Dr. Leete, what is excessive individualism?

2. Why does Julian have to stop a number of times in the Boston of 1887 to pull himself together?

3. Why does Julian have more difficulty understanding the 2000 society then the Leetes have in understanding the 1887 society?

4. How does Julian describe Sundays in 1887?

5. The Leetes take Julian to the dining hall. Describe this experience.

6. Why does Julian feel so alone?

7. How is the narrator found?

8. What does Dr. Leete suggest would happen if people from the 19th century had leisure time?

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

10. What options do citizens have to practice their religion?

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