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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 sound of the instrument played immediately after the child's performance emerges from what location?
(a) The sea.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The pavilion.
(d) The square.

2. The drug taken by people of Omelas when they want to relax and have fun is called what?
(a) Schmooz.
(b) Grozz.
(c) Drooz.
(d) Glooz.

3. What action does the musician child take when he is finished playing his instrument?
(a) He nods his head.
(b) He sits down.
(c) He lowers his hands.
(d) He stands up.

4. The processions described by the narrator all move toward what part of Omelas?
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) North.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What element of Omelas does LeGuin describe as "magnificent" (3)?

2. Omelas is located nearby what natural feature?

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

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. Ursula K. LeGuin's inspiration for the name Omelas came from what source?

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