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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraph 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. LeGuin states that the most important aspect of the hypothetical drug chosen for Omelas is that it must not be what?
(a) Expensive to purchase.
(b) Habit-forming.
(c) Exploitative to produce.
(d) Expensive to produce.

2. The mountains that can be seen from Omelas are called what number "Peaks" (1)?
(a) 21.
(b) 9.
(c) 18.
(d) 36.

3. Le Guin states that what human expression has become "archaic" (3) in the modern age?
(a) A smirk.
(b) A smile.
(c) A frown.
(d) A grimace.

4. What aspect of war does LeGuin say Omelas lacks?
(a) The bomb.
(b) The cannon.
(c) The tank.
(d) The rifle.

5. LeGuin asserts that the people of Omelas are not what kind of human ancestors?
(a) Barbarians.
(b) Apes.
(c) Neanderthals.
(d) Troglodytes.

Short Answer Questions

1. LeGuin says that if it will help the reader like Omelas better, they should add what element?

2. What part of each boat in the harbor is decorated with flags?

3. The people of Omelas are not what kind of "folk" (3) according to LeGuin?

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

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