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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 is located in the front of the distribution center?
(a) An advertisement.
(b) A statue of the female ideal of Plenty.
(c) A sign with the store name.
(d) Displays of goods.

2. According to the philosophy of 2000, what should happen if someone gives less than his all to a job?
(a) He should receive less pay.
(b) He should be required to work extra hours.
(c) He should be demoted.
(d) He should be punished.

3. What do citizens no longer have to fight for?
(a) Place in society.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Personal wealth.
(d) Justice.

4. Which class of society does the narrator belong?
(a) Laborers.
(b) Poor/uneducated.
(c) Rich/educated.
(d) Middle class.

5. What do the wealthy in this society fear?
(a) Being robbed.
(b) Losing their position in society.
(c) Having to work.
(d) The poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Edith calms Julian?

2. Why does Julian say labor strikes were successful in his time?

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

4. As the narrator looks around at Boston in 2000, what does he mention as the most noticeable difference between his time and the present?

5. What is the narrator's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Julian find when he wakes up in Chapter 28?

2. What is Julian surprised by government rule?

3. Why is Julian celebratory when the Leetes take him to the library?

4. Why is the narrator's wedding delayed?

5. What does Edith offer to Julian and make him promise?

6. How does Edith Leete react to Edith Bartlett's picture?

7. Edith is curious about how women shopped in the 19th century. What does Julian say about this?

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

9. What is Julian's mental state on the day after he arrives in 2000?

10. Why is Edith hesitant to tell Julian what was being discussed as he woke up that first day?

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