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

2. Who provides the education and training for the transition to the new way of society and business?

3. Who don't people choose to go to school to avoid work?

4. Who are professional schools open to?

5. In 2000, what work group performs tasks such as cleaning and cooking?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is publishing handled and financed in 2000?

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

3. How does Julian describe Sundays in 1887?

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 does one become the president of the United States in 2000?

6. What does the author state this novel is composed of?

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

8. What is the function of the invalid corps?

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

10. How are career changes handled 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

Choose one factor of society as it is discussed in 2000. Write an argument for why the ways of that factors are not practical or would not work in reality and an argument for why or how it would work.

Essay Topic 3

Music plays a significant role in this novel. What is the significance of music in this book? How does the notion of music serve to further differentiate the two societies?

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