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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two instruments are named when the narrator describes the livelier processions in Omelas?
(a) Cymbals and fiddles.
(b) Violins and cellos.
(c) Drums and tambourines.
(d) Tambourines and gongs.

2. What element of the festival is described as bing "like a field of grass and flowers" (6)?
(a) The crowds.
(b) The children.
(c) The youth.
(d) The contestants.

3. What word is used to describe the size of the woman who passes out flowers?
(a) Small.
(b) Tall.
(c) Tiny.
(d) Slight.

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

5. What aspect of economics does LeGuin say Omelas lacks?
(a) The free market.
(b) A tax structure.
(c) Bankruptcies.
(d) The stock exchange.

Short Answer Questions

1. The faces of the children at the festival are described as "amiably" (4) what?

2. Omelas is described in the first paragraph as being "bright-" what?

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

4. The people exercising the horses on the Green Fields are said to have "long, lithe" (1) what?

5. LeGuin states that she has what goal in relation to the reader?

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