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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. How long do citizens have to work in the society of Boston 2000?

2. What is the function of clerks at the distribution center?

3. Where does the narrator's money come from?

4. When Julian awakes confused the next day, what does he do to avoid losing his mental stability?

5. How many grades per work group exist?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator sleep so long and remain alive?

2. How does Dr. Leete explain the difference in relationships between 1887 and 2000?

3. How does international trade work in 2000?

4. How are career changes handled in 2000?

5. How is publishing handled and financed in 2000?

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

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

8. According to Dr. Leete, what is excessive individualism?

9. What does Julian do when he does not find Edith in the house at the beginning of Chapter 24?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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.

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