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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. LeGuin instructs the reader, saying, "Let me describe" (7) how many other things?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. The people of Omelas are not what kind of "folk" (3) according to LeGuin?
(a) Cowardly.
(b) Unexamined.
(c) Happy.
(d) Simple.

3. The woman passing out flowers is described as having what type of body?
(a) Thin.
(b) Fat.
(c) Muscular.
(d) Lithe.

4. The first question asked in Paragraph 2 focuses on what subject?
(a) The citizens of Omelas.
(b) The crime committed by the prisoner.
(c) The purpose of the race.
(d) The nature of joy.

5. 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 artist.
(b) The doctor.
(c) The philosopher.
(d) The scholar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is said to be exercising horses on the Green Fields?

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

4. The mountains that can be seen from Omelas are called what number "Peaks" (1)?

5. What phrase or word involving time does LeGuin use in the first sentence of Paragraph 4?

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