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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The people of Omelas are said to lack what type of leader?
(a) A mayor.
(b) A magistrate.
(c) A king.
(d) A public steward.

2. What smell at the festival is described as "marvelous" (4)?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Roasting meat.
(c) Flowers.
(d) The sea.

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

4. What is the final word contained within the story?
(a) Alone.
(b) Exist.
(c) All.
(d) Omelas.

5. Omelas is described in the first paragraph as being "bright-" what?
(a) Colored.
(b) Towered.
(c) Torn.
(d) Clouded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is NOT used to describe the tune played by the child with the instrument?

2. What type of contest lies at the center of the festival depicted in Omelas?

3. Who wears the woman's flowers in their hair after taking them from her?

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)?

5. The young men and women are taking what action in Paragraph 4?

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