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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 states that the people of Omelas do not use what?
(a) Mechanized transport.
(b) Swords.
(c) Money.
(d) Computers.

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

3. What two groups are said to encourage the bad habit named by LeGuin in Paragraph 3?
(a) Priests and poets.
(b) Pedants and sophisticates.
(c) Clergy and philosophers.
(d) Scholars and rakes.

4. LeGuin announces at the end of Paragraph 6 that "The Festival...has" what?
(a) Started.
(b) Ended.
(c) Begun.
(d) Commenced.

5. The birds mentioned in the first line of the story are taking what action?
(a) Roosting.
(b) Soaring.
(c) Chirping.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Omelas is located nearby what natural feature?

2. What age is the woman who passes out flowers at the festival?

3. 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)?

4. What adjective is used to describe the eyes of the child who plays the instrument at the festival?

5. What verb is used to describe the movement of the horses of Omelas?

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