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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. LeGuin supposes that the people of Omelas have what number of rules and laws?
(a) Three.
(b) A maximum of ten.
(c) One.
(d) Singularly few.

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

3. The people of Omelas are not what kind of "folk" (3) according to LeGuin?
(a) Happy.
(b) Cowardly.
(c) Unexamined.
(d) Simple.

4. What does the scapegoat child wear?
(a) A burlap sack.
(b) A hair shirt.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A dress.

5. The woman passing out flowers is described as having what type of body?
(a) Muscular.
(b) Lithe.
(c) Thin.
(d) Fat.

Short Answer Questions

1. LeGuin instructs the reader, saying, "Let me describe" (7) how many other things?

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

3. People who view the scapegoat child feel what emotion that they had assumed they were immune to?

4. Over time, the scapegoat child is said to take what action "less and less often" (8)?

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

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