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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word is used to indicate the horses' communication with one another?
(a) Neighed.
(b) Teased.
(c) Boasted.
(d) Chatted.

2. What two modes of transportation does LeGuin imagine the people of Omelas using in order to reach the Festival of Summer?
(a) Trains and trams.
(b) People-movers and escalators.
(c) Boats and helicopters.
(d) Bicycles and trains.

3. What colorful objects are used to decorate the horses of Omelas with color?
(a) Lengths of yarn.
(b) Balloons.
(c) Streamers.
(d) Pieces of chalk.

4. LeGuin says that it "is the treason of" (3) whom to refuse to admit "the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain" (3)?
(a) The scholar.
(b) The artist.
(c) The doctor.
(d) The philosopher.

5. Omelas is located nearby what natural feature?
(a) A sea.
(b) A forest.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) A plateau.

Short Answer Questions

1. LeGuin states that modern society considers only what element of life to be "intellectual" (3) in nature?

2. LeGuin states that modern society only considers what element of life to be "interesting" (3)?

3. On what parts of their bodies do the horse-exercisers have a certain substance?

4. The calls of the children are described by using what adjective?

5. The processions described by the narrator all move toward what part of Omelas?

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