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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The citizens of Omelas decide that the child is not capable of feeling what emotion?
(a) Joy.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Peace.

2. LeGuin states that modern society considers only what element of life to be "intellectual" (3) in nature?
(a) A degree.
(b) Self-reflection.
(c) Pain.
(d) Sorrow.

3. Finally, the scapegoat child is reduced to making only what type of noise?
(a) A sob.
(b) A grunt.
(c) A groan.
(d) A whine.

4. Le Guin states that what human expression has become "archaic" (3) in the modern age?
(a) A frown.
(b) A grimace.
(c) A smirk.
(d) A smile.

5. The "justice of reality" (12) is described by the narrator using what adjective?
(a) Terrible.
(b) Stark.
(c) Startling.
(d) Real.

Short Answer Questions

1. LeGuin states that to rescue the scapegoat child would be to "bring" (11) what emotion into Omelas?

2. The woman passing out flowers is described as having what type of body?

3. The second question asked in Paragraph 2 focuses on what subject?

4. The citizens of Omelas are said to cry about what aspect of the scapegoat child's situation?

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

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