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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The first line of the story names what species of bird?
(a) Ptarmigan.
(b) Puffin.
(c) Swallow.
(d) Wren.

3. What two instruments are named when the narrator describes the livelier processions in Omelas?
(a) Cymbals and fiddles.
(b) Drums and tambourines.
(c) Violins and cellos.
(d) Tambourines and gongs.

4. What event is said to cause the birds to start taking a particular action in the first line of the story?
(a) The clamor of the ocean.
(b) The clamor of the train.
(c) The clamor of bells.
(d) The clamor of the crowd.

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

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

7. What term does LeGuin use to characterize objects such as "cars or helicopters" (3)?
(a) Transportation.
(b) Technology.
(c) Efficiency.
(d) Aesthetics.

8. LeGuin does NOT use what adjective to describe the adults of Omelas?
(a) Compassionate.
(b) Mature.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Passionate.

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) Bells.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Smiles.
(d) Parades.

10. The man mentioned in the story's subtitle is a famous what?
(a) Poet.
(b) Playwright.
(c) Musician.
(d) Philosopher.

11. The birds mentioned in the first line of the story are taking what action?
(a) Singing.
(b) Roosting.
(c) Chirping.
(d) Soaring.

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

13. Omelas is located nearby what natural feature?
(a) A forest.
(b) A sea.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) A plateau.

14. The people exercising the horses have what substance all over parts of their bodies?
(a) Mud.
(b) Water.
(c) Dust.
(d) Hair.

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(d) Outdated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of war does LeGuin say Omelas lacks?

2. Ursula K. LeGuin's inspiration for the name Omelas came from what source?

3. The children in Omelas are described in what way when they are first mentioned?

4. What is NOT a color used to decorate the horses of Omelas?

5. The people of Omelas are said not to "keep" (3) what?

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