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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 about Edith calms Julian?
(a) Her laughter.
(b) Her voice.
(c) Her hands.
(d) Her hair.

2. Why do citizens work willingly?
(a) They can take more vacation the more they work.
(b) The jobs are now enjoyable.
(c) They are being paid more.
(d) It is their only way to exist.

3. Why is Julian surprised when the waiter is so pleasant?
(a) In 1887, it is a menial job.
(b) They are rude to him.
(c) They came in so late and he was about to get off work.
(d) Because he is so busy.

4. What is the date when the narrator wakes up?
(a) September, 1887.
(b) September, 2000.
(c) June, 1887.
(d) June, 2000.

5. What does the narrator awake to at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) His fiancee.
(b) A fire.
(c) The end of the world.
(d) A man in a strange room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is able to listen to music in 1887?

2. In Boston 2000, why are all men entitled to a decent life?

3. Where does the narrator assume the ash around his sleeping chamber comes from?

4. What does Dr. Leete call Edith when it comes to shopping?

5. Where does Edith Leete invite Julian for diner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two explanations does the narrative give for why society in 1887 does not change?

2. How does Julian describe Sundays in 1887?

3. What does the narrator compare the classes of 1887 society to?

4. How are career changes handled in 2000?

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

6. What is the result of education for all citizens?

7. Why is the name of Dr. Leete's daughter significant?

8. What wasteful activities by the rich in 1887 no longer exist in 2000?

9. Why does Julian feel so alone?

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

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