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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What word is used to indicate the horses' communication with one another?
(a) Teased.
(b) Boasted.
(c) Chatted.
(d) Neighed.

4. LeGuin uses what adjective to describe the hypothetical absence of intoxicants within Omelas?
(a) Puritanical.
(b) Unwise.
(c) Unrealistic.
(d) Outdated.

5. What two groups are said to encourage the bad habit named by LeGuin in Paragraph 3?
(a) Priests and poets.
(b) Scholars and rakes.
(c) Clergy and philosophers.
(d) Pedants and sophisticates.

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

7. The wind causes what objects to flutter?
(a) The horses' decorations.
(b) The girls' caps.
(c) Flags.
(d) Banners.

8. What aspect of law enforcement does LeGuin say Omelas lacks?
(a) Magistrates.
(b) Investigators.
(c) Judges.
(d) The secret police.

9. LeGuin worries that all but which of the following elements of Omelas will cause the reader to consider it too "goody-goody" (3)?
(a) Smiles.
(b) Parades.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Bells.

10. LeGuin states that the most important aspect of the hypothetical drug chosen for Omelas is that it must not be what?
(a) Expensive to purchase.
(b) Expensive to produce.
(c) Habit-forming.
(d) Exploitative to produce.

11. What verb is used to describe the moving of the processions throughout Omelas?
(a) Winding.
(b) Marching.
(c) Creeping.
(d) Flowing.

12. LeGuin names one thing that is absolutely not present in Omelas, saying she is "sure" (3). What is it?
(a) Injustice.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Rage.
(d) Murder.

13. The calls of the children are described by using what adjective?
(a) Excited.
(b) Joyous.
(c) High.
(d) Plaintive.

14. LeGuin says that the people of Omelas are "not less" what "than" (3) we are?
(a) Concerned.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Moral.
(d) Complex.

15. LeGuin states that which two adjectives are helpful to define when deciding what elements to include within Omelas?
(a) Cold and logical.
(b) Necessary and destructive.
(c) Cruel and unusual.
(d) Exploitative and consumptive.

Short Answer Questions

1. The processions described by the narrator all move toward what part of Omelas?

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

3. The sound of the bells is described in what way?

4. The people of Omelas are said to lack what type of leader?

5. What aspect of economics does LeGuin say Omelas lacks?

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