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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of event is taking place in Omelas when the narrative begins?
(a) A public execution.
(b) A carnival.
(c) A concert.
(d) A festival.

2. The faces of the children at the festival are described as "amiably" (4) what?
(a) Sticky.
(b) Grumpy.
(c) Grouchy.
(d) Tired.

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

4. What actions do the horses take that leads the young men and women to speak to them?
(a) They rear.
(b) They kick.
(c) They stomp.
(d) They whinny.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which building in Omelas is named as the "handsomest" (3) in town?

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

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

4. How many of the same frightening objects are usually present within the scapegoat child's dwelling?

5. What two instruments are named when the narrator describes the livelier processions in Omelas?

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