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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What element of Omelas does LeGuin describe as "magnificent" (3)?
(a) The art gallery.
(b) The library.
(c) The Farmers' Market.
(d) The town square.

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

7. How far away are the mountains that can be seen from Omelas?
(a) Far off.
(b) Fairly near.
(c) Very close.
(d) Nearly unreachable.

8. What type of feature is the location called the "Green Fields" (1)?
(a) A bed of moss.
(b) A corner of farmland.
(c) A water-meadow.
(d) A swamp.

9. LeGuin states that she has what goal in relation to the reader?
(a) To convince.
(b) To influence.
(c) To question.
(d) To transform.

10. The children in Omelas are described in what way when they are first mentioned?
(a) Happy.
(b) Carefree.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Mature.

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

12. The people of Omelas are said to lack what type of leader?
(a) A mayor.
(b) A magistrate.
(c) A king.
(d) A public steward.

13. Who is said to be exercising horses on the Green Fields?
(a) Boys and girls.
(b) Young boys.
(c) Girls and women.
(d) Boys and men.

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(a) Outdated.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

15. The first question asked in Paragraph 2 focuses on what subject?
(a) The purpose of the race.
(b) The citizens of Omelas.
(c) The crime committed by the prisoner.
(d) The nature of joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Omelas is described in the first paragraph as being "bright-" what?

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

3. What colorful objects are used to decorate the horses of Omelas with color?

4. LeGuin worries that all but which of the following elements of Omelas will cause the reader to consider it too "goody-goody" (3)?

5. The people of Omelas are not what kind of "folk" (3) according to LeGuin?

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