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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Edith Leete invite Julian for diner?

2. What are all citizens expected to do?

3. How is music listened to in 2000?

4. What is the last thing the narrator remembers?

5. What do Julian and Dr. Leete talk about the first night Julian is in 2000?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Julian describe Sundays in 1887?

2. Why is the narrator's wedding delayed?

3. What does Dr. Leete say is the problem with the labor system of the previous century?

4. How is the narrator found?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Mr. Barton's church work?

10. How does immigration work in 2000?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. Leete feels his society is a utopia. Looking at this society from the view of an outsider, would you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Edith presents a double mystery to Julian. Explore this mystery. What or who does it involve? What are the two side of the mystery? Is the use of this mystery a literary device? if so what kind?

Essay Topic 3

Society in 1887 was clearly a capitalist society. What type of society was 2000? Provide examples to support your answer.

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