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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The young men participating in the festival's main event are said to be what?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Tall.
(c) Brave.
(d) Committed.

2. The people exercising the horses have what substance all over parts of their bodies?
(a) Water.
(b) Dust.
(c) Hair.
(d) Mud.

3. LeGuin supposes that the people of Omelas have what number of rules and laws?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Singularly few.
(d) A maximum of ten.

4. The sound of what instrument is heard at the festival just when the child stops playing his own instrument?
(a) Cymbals.
(b) A gong.
(c) A xylophone.
(d) A trumpet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away are the mountains that can be seen from Omelas?

2. Of what material is the child's instrument made?

3. The people of Omelas are said to lack what type of leader?

4. LeGuin says in Paragraph 3 that modern society has the bad habit of considering happiness as what kind of emotion?

5. What particular aspect of consumer culture LeGuin say Omelas lacks?

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