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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People who view the scapegoat child feel what emotion that they had assumed they were immune to?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Pity.

2. The people who come to view the scapegoat child are said to feel in what way?
(a) Shocked.
(b) Conflicted.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Saddened.

3. LeGuin says that if it will help the reader like Omelas better, they should add what element?
(a) An orgy.
(b) An organized religion.
(c) A justice system.
(d) A drug.

4. LeGuin states that modern society considers only what element of life to be "intellectual" (3) in nature?
(a) A degree.
(b) Self-reflection.
(c) Pain.
(d) Sorrow.

5. What other action is the woman taking as she passes out flowers?
(a) She is laughing.
(b) She is cheering.
(c) She is murmuring.
(d) She is weeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of war does LeGuin say Omelas lacks?

2. LeGuin says that the people of Omelas are "not less" what "than" (3) we are?

3. LeGuin announces at the end of Paragraph 6 that "The Festival...has" what?

4. The faces of the children at the festival are described as "amiably" (4) what?

5. Which building in Omelas is named as the "handsomest" (3) in town?

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