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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of instrument is played by one particular child within Omelas?
(a) A drum.
(b) A flute.
(c) A tambourine.
(d) A xylophone.

2. How many people are said to experience happiness due to the misery of the scapegoat child?
(a) Millions.
(b) Scores.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Thousands.

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

4. LeGuin states that modern society only considers what element of life to be "interesting" (3)?
(a) Conflict.
(b) Evil.
(c) Spectacle.
(d) Strife.

5. Toward what location do the processions move during the festival celebrations?
(a) Town Square.
(b) The Green Fields.
(c) The Majestic Path.
(d) The Great Meadow.

Short Answer Questions

1. LeGuin supposes that the people of Omelas have what number of rules and laws?

2. No one at the festival takes what action in response to the child who plays his instrument?

3. What other action is the woman taking as she passes out flowers?

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

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

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