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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. Where does the warehouse ship goods to?
(a) Government centers.
(b) Citizens' homes.
(c) Distribution center.
(d) Specialty stores.

2. In Boston 2000, why are all men entitled to a decent life?
(a) Because they fought for it.
(b) Because of a vote.
(c) Because they all work the same amount.
(d) Because they are human.

3. What does the narrator say the city in general demonstrates?
(a) Destruction of society.
(b) Material prosperity.
(c) Decline.
(d) Peace.

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

5. Where does Edith Leete invite Julian for diner?
(a) The Great Hall.
(b) The Elephant.
(c) The Concord.
(d) Her home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Edith calms Julian?

2. What is Sawyer's relationship to the narrator?

3. How do Dr. and Mrs. Leete feel about Julian walking the city alone?

4. What is used for international commerce in 2000?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is corruption eliminated in the 2000 society?

2. How is publishing handled and financed in 2000?

3. What does Dr. Leete suggest about the cost of a college education in the 19th century?

4. Why does Julian think he would fail to answer the question of how the nation supports all citizens, had he been back in 1887 and was explaining this system to his friends?

5. How are career changes handled in 2000?

6. Why are inheritances more of a curse than a blessing in 2000?

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

8. What is the absurd mistake mentioned in this letter?

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

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

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